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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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- A. Out obtaining any authority
- B. Written permission from any authority
- C. None of the above
- D. None of above
Explanation: Under section 492 Cr.P.C., an appointed Public Prosecutor or other prosecutor may appear and plead without obtaining separate written…
Correct answer: Out obtaining any authority- A. Continue
- B. Fast
- C. Postpone
- D. None of above
Explanation: When a Magistrate finds that an accused is of unsound mind and incapable of making a defence, the further inquiry or trial must be…
Correct answer: Postpone- A. Session Court
- B. High Court
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 439-A confers revisional powers on the Court of Session, while section 439 deals with the High Court’s revisional jurisdiction.
Correct answer: Session Court- A. Court of Session
- B. High Court
- C. Supreme Court
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 439 sets out the High Court’s powers of revision over criminal proceedings.
Correct answer: High Court- A. 428
- B. 430
- C. None of the above
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 428 Cr.P.C. authorizes an appellate court to take further evidence itself or direct a subordinate court to do so.
Correct answer: 428- A. Fact
- B. Law
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: A criminal appeal may involve questions of fact, questions of law, or both, depending on the statutory right of appeal and the case.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. Twenty days
- B. Thirty days
- C. Forty days
- D. Sixty days
Explanation: Under section 417 Cr.P.C., an aggrieved person may appeal an acquittal by a court other than the High Court to the High Court within…
Correct answer: Thirty days- A. 410, Cr.P.C
- B. 411, Cr.P.C
- C. 410 and 411, Cr.P.C
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 410 provides an appeal from a sentence passed by a Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge.
Correct answer: 410, Cr.P.C- A. Theft
- B. Decoity
- C. None of the above
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 403(2), read with the rules on alternative charges, permits a later trial for a distinct offence that could have been charged on…
Correct answer: Decoity- A. Cr.P.C.
- B. Any other law
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 404 Cr.P.C. bars criminal appeals unless an appeal is provided by the Code or by another applicable law.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. Sentence of fine
- B. Sentence of whipping
- C. Sentence of death
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 391, Cr.P.C. specifically provides for the execution of a sentence of whipping.
Correct answer: Sentence of whipping- A. Acquittal
- B. Release
- C. Imprisonment for life
- D. None of above
Explanation: Execution must be postponed when a woman sentenced to death is pregnant, and the High Court may commute the sentence to imprisonment for…
Correct answer: Imprisonment for life- A. Magistrates Court
- B. Session Court
- C. High Court
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 365 concerns the record of evidence in cases tried by the High Court.
Correct answer: High Court- A. 61
- B. 62
- C. 63
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 63 prevents release of a person arrested by police except on the person's bond, bail, or a special order of a Magistrate.
Correct answer: 63- A. 345
- B. 446
- C. 447
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 345 contains the statutory table of offences that may be compounded, together with the persons competent to compound them.
Correct answer: 345436. Where accused is unable to understand proceeding the matter will be forward to _______________ ?
- A. Session Court
- B. High Court
- C. Supreme Court
- D. None of above
Explanation: When an accused cannot understand the proceedings, the matter is referred to the High Court for appropriate directions.
Correct answer: High Court- A. The words used by the accused
- B. Legal language
- C. Technical manners
- D. None of above
Explanation: An admission of guilt must be recorded as nearly as possible in the accused's own words, preserving its exact meaning and voluntariness.
Correct answer: The words used by the accused- A. Prosecution
- B. Court
- C. Accused
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 342 empowers the court to examine the accused on circumstances appearing in the evidence against them.
Correct answer: Accused- A. Evidence of prosecution
- B. Evidence of accused
- C. Court witnesses
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 265-F governs the recording of prosecution evidence during a trial before the Court of Session.
Correct answer: Evidence of prosecution- A. Statutory
- B. Natural
- C. Constitutional
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 340 Cr.P.C. gives the accused procedural rights, including the right to be defended by a pleader and to give evidence in defence…
Correct answer: Statutory