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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. 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…
Correct answer: Prohibitory class- 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…
Correct answer: (i) Bailable (ii) non bailable- 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.
Correct answer: Case of further inquiry- 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.
Correct answer: Non bailable offence- 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.
Correct answer: 496- A. Discharged
- B. Convict
- 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…
Correct answer: Discharged527. The officer appointed by Provincial Government under section 492, Cr.P.C is called________________?
- A. Law Officer
- B. Public Prosecutor
- C. Private Pleader
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 492 authorises the Provincial Government to appoint a Public Prosecutor for a district or local area.
Correct answer: Public Prosecutor- 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…
Correct answer: Habeas Corpus- 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…
Correct answer: Revision- 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…
Correct answer: Discretionary power of the Court- A. 430 Cr.P.C
- B. 435 Cr.P.C
- C. 440 Cr.P.C
- D. None of above
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.
Correct answer: 435 Cr.P.C- A. His attorney
- B. Inspector General of Police
- C. Officer incharge of the jail
- D. None of above
Explanation: A convicted person detained in jail may submit an appeal or petition to the officer in charge of the jail, who forwards it through the…
Correct answer: Officer incharge of the jail- A. 407, Cr.P.C
- B. 417, Cr.P.C
- C. 427, Cr.P.C
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 417 Cr.P.C. governs appeals against acquittal, including the relevant authority’s or complainant’s appeal where the statutory…
Correct answer: 417, Cr.P.C- A. Court of Magistrate Under Section 30
- B. Special Judge
- C. Session Judge
- D. None of above
Explanation: An order under section 118 requiring security for keeping the peace or for good behaviour is appealable to the Sessions Judge under the…
Correct answer: Session Judge- A. 406, Cr.P.C
- B. 405, Cr.P.C
- C. 404, Cr.P.C
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 405 Cr.P.C. specifically provides the appeal against an order rejecting an application for restoration of attached property.
Correct answer: 405, Cr.P.C- A. Section 402, Cr.P.C
- B. Section 403, Cr.P.C
- C. Section 404, Cr.P.C
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 403 Cr.P.C. embodies the protection against double jeopardy by restricting a second trial for the same offence after conviction or…
Correct answer: Section 403, Cr.P.C- A. 400, Cr.P.C
- B. 401, Cr.P.C
- C. None of the above
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 401 empowers the Provincial Government to suspend or remit a sentence, subject to the conditions and limitations in the Code.
Correct answer: 401, Cr.P.C- A. Section 381, Cr.P.C
- B. Section 382, Cr.P.C
- C. Section 382-B, Cr.P.C
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 382-B, Cr.P.C. requires the court to consider any period already spent by the accused in custody for the same offence when…
Correct answer: Section 382-B, Cr.P.C- A. High Court
- B. Federal Shariat Court
- C. Supreme Court
- D. None of above
Explanation: A Sessions Court cannot execute a death sentence on its own; under section 374, Cr.P.C., it must submit the proceedings to the High Court…
Correct answer: High Court- A. Open Court
- B. Closed Court
- C. Depends upon circumstances
- D. None of above
Explanation: A criminal judgment is ordinarily pronounced in open court, allowing the parties and public access to the decision.
Correct answer: Open Court