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Criminal law identifies offences against the state, persons and property, and explains the requirements of actus reus and mens rea for establishing liability. It also covers stages of crime, abetment, attempt, joint and common intention, general exceptions, criminal responsibility and punishments, distinguishing substantive offences from criminal procedure.
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401. Under section 562, Cr.P.C Court has power to release offender on probation of_________________?
- A. Being educated
- B. Good conduct
- C. Being old ager or minor
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 562 Cr.P.C. permits release of certain offenders on probation upon their entering into a bond to appear and receive sentence and…
Correct answer: Good conduct- A. Concern Magistrate
- B. Station House Officer
- C. Superintendent of Police
- D. None of above
Explanation: A subordinate police officer who seizes suspected property must promptly report the seizure to the officer in charge of the police…
Correct answer: Station House Officer- A. 449
- B. 499
- C. 549
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 549 Cr.P.C. deals with the delivery of persons liable to be tried by court-martial to the military authorities.
Correct answer: 549- A. Discretionary Power of Court
- B. Mandatory Power of Court
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 540 gives the Court discretion to summon or examine a witness, but makes examination compulsory when the evidence appears…
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. Court of Magistrate
- B. Session Cour
- C. High Court
- D. None of above
Explanation: The statutory provision permits the public servant's affidavit to be used in proceedings before courts other than the High Court.
Correct answer: High Court- A. 526
- B. 527
- C. 527-A
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 527 empowers the Provincial Government to direct the transfer of cases and appeals when the statutory conditions are met.
Correct answer: 527- A. Section 526, Cr.P.C
- B. Section 527, Cr.P.C
- C. Both of the above
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 526 authorizes the High Court to transfer a case or appeal and, in appropriate circumstances, withdraw it for trial before itself.
Correct answer: Section 526, Cr.P.C- A. Civil Nature
- B. Criminal Nature
- C. None of the above
- D. None of above
Explanation: Imprisonment for failure to pay a forfeited bond under section 514 is confinement in the civil prison, making it civil in nature rather…
Correct answer: Civil Nature- A. One year
- B. Nine months
- C. Six months
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 514 permits imprisonment in the civil prison for up to six months when the forfeited bond amount is not paid.
Correct answer: Six months- A. 510 Cr.P.C
- B. 512 Cr.P.C
- C. 514 Cr.P.C
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 512 permits evidence to be recorded when an accused person has absconded and there is no immediate prospect of arrest.
Correct answer: 512 Cr.P.C- A. 509, Cr.P.C
- B. 520, Cr.P.C
- C. 540, Cr.P.C
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 509 allows the deposition of a medical witness, properly recorded and authenticated, to be used in evidence without requiring…
Correct answer: 509, Cr.P.C- A. Any person
- B. Any Magistrate f 1st class
- C. Any Magistrate 2nd class
- D. None of above
Explanation: Under section 503, the Court of Session or High Court may issue a commission for recording evidence to a Magistrate of the first class…
Correct answer: Any Magistrate f 1st class413. When any accused person fulfill the requirement of section 499, Cr.P.C he will be_______________?
- A. Re-arrested
- B. Acquitted
- C. Released
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 499 requires the accused to execute a bond, with or without sureties, for attendance before the court; once that requirement is…
Correct answer: Released- A. Bail after arrest
- B. Bail before arrest
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Anticipatory bail is protection granted before the applicant is arrested, usually where arrest is apprehended.
Correct answer: Bail before arrest- A. Court's reason recording of releasing a person on bail
- B. Dismissal of bail
- C. Cancellation of bail
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 497(3) requires the court to record in writing its reasons when releasing an accused on bail under section 497(1) or (2).
Correct answer: Court's reason recording of releasing a person on bail- A. To hide from criminal proceedings
- B. To hide from friends
- C. To hide from family
- D. None of above
Explanation: To abscond means to hide or flee so as to avoid arrest or criminal proceedings.
Correct answer: To hide from criminal proceedings- A. Latin
- B. Greece
- C. French
- D. None of above
Explanation: Bail is traced to the Old French term bailier, meaning to deliver or hand over. The Latin and Greek options are therefore incorrect.
Correct answer: French- A. Court
- B. Accused
- C. Complainant
- D. None of above
Explanation: In a non-bailable offence, bail is not an automatic right and ordinarily depends on the judicial discretion of the court.
Correct answer: Court- A. Arrested
- B. Not arrested
- C. None of the above
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 497 applies where an accused person has been arrested or detained without warrant in a non-bailable offence.
Correct answer: Arrested- A. Private persons
- B. Court
- C. Any other agency
- D. None of above
Explanation: Bail ordinarily involves releasing an arrested person from police custody into the custody of private sureties, who undertake to produce…
Correct answer: Private persons