All Free Law and Constitution MCQs with Answers

• A. Attachment
• B. Disposal
• C. Auction
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 516-A concerns the custody and disposal of property while an inquiry or trial is pending.

• A. 516
• B. 514
• C. 513
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 513 allows a person required to execute a bond to deposit money or Government promissory notes instead of furnishing a surety…

• A. Summary trial
• B. None of above
• C. Special trial
• D. Absentia trial

Explanation: Section 512 permits the recording of evidence and proceeding with the case when an accused has absconded and there is no immediate…

• A. 507
• B. 508
• C. 509
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 507 deals with the return of a commission issued for the examination of a witness under the preceding commission provisions…

• A. Conduct contempt proceeding
• B. Acquittal of accused
• C. Issue Commission
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 503 authorises the court to issue a commission for examining a witness whose attendance cannot be obtained without unreasonable…

• A. None of above
• B. Bonds and sureties of complainant
• C. None of the above
• D. Bonds of accused and sureties

Explanation: Section 499 requires the accused to execute a bond for attendance and, where directed, to furnish one or more sureties.

• A. Bail before arrest
• B. Bail after arrest
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of above

Explanation: An application for bail before arrest is ordinarily supported by an affidavit because the applicant seeks the court’s protective…

• A. Surety bonds
• B. Cancellation of bail
• C. Bonds of minors
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 497(5) authorises the High Court or Court of Session, and in appropriate cases other competent courts, to direct that a person…

• A. None of above
• B. Heinous offence
• C. Confession
• D. Further inquiry

Explanation: Section 497(2) applies where the court finds that the accused’s guilt requires further inquiry, creating grounds for release on bail.

• A. Prohibitory class
• B. None prohibitory class
• C. Both (a) and (b)
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 497(1) concerns offences falling within the prohibitory class, namely offences punishable with death, imprisonment for life, or…

• A. (i) Bailable (ii) non bailable
• B. (i) Non Bailable (ii) Bailable
• C. Both (a) (i) (ii) and (b) (i) (ii)
• D. None of above

Explanation: In bailable cases, bail is a statutory right under section 496, while in non-bailable cases it is granted at the court’s discretion under…

• A. Innocence of accused
• B. Case of further inquiry
• C. None of the above
• D. None of above

Explanation: The operative basis for bail under section 497(2) is that the case calls for further inquiry into the accused’s guilt.

• A. Bailable offence
• B. Non bailable offence
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 497 regulates bail in non-bailable offences, whereas section 496 deals with the separate right to bail in bailable offences.

• A. 496
• B. 497
• C. None of the above
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 496 provides that a person accused of a bailable offence shall be released on bail when ready to furnish bail.

• A. Convict
• B. Discharged
• C. Released on bail
• D. None of above

Explanation: Under section 494, withdrawal from prosecution before a charge is framed results in the accused being discharged; after a charge has been…

• A. Law Officer
• B. Private Pleader
• C. Public Prosecutor
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 492 authorises the Provincial Government to appoint a Public Prosecutor for a district or local area.

• A. Habeas Corpus
• B. Legal detention by police
• C. None of the above
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 491 empowers the High Court to issue directions in the nature of habeas corpus, including for the production or release of a…

• A. Appeal
• B. Revision
• C. Review
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 440 provides that no party has a right to be heard personally or through a pleader while a court is exercising its revisional…

• A. Obligatory Power of the Court
• B. Mandatory Power of the Court
• C. Discretionary power of the Court
• D. None of above

Explanation: Revision is a supervisory remedy exercised according to the court’s discretion, unlike an appeal, which is a statutory right when provided…

• A. 430 Cr.P.C
• B. None of above
• C. 440 Cr.P.C
• D. 435 Cr.P.C

Explanation: Section 435 Cr.P.C. authorizes the High Court or a Sessions Judge to call for and examine the record of an inferior criminal court.