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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. Civil cases
- B. Criminal cases
- C. Family cases
- D. None of these
Explanation: A previous conviction may be relevant in criminal proceedings as evidence of the accused's bad character.
Correct answer: Criminal cases- A. B's illness
- B. B's Past Life
- C. B's death
- D. None of these
Explanation: The foundation of a dying declaration is that the declarant has died, because the exception applies to a statement made by a person who…
Correct answer: B's death- A. A person who is guilty associate in crime
- B. An outsider or stranger
- C. Both A. and B.
- D. None of these
Explanation: An accomplice is a person who knowingly participates as an associate in the commission of a crime.
Correct answer: A person who is guilty associate in crime- A. Confession are admission
- B. Admission are confessions
- C. None of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: A confession is a type of admission because it acknowledges guilt, but an admission need not amount to a confession.
Correct answer: Confession are admission- A. Plea of presence at place of offence occurrence
- B. Plea of absence from place of offence occurrence
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of these
Explanation: Alibi is a plea that the accused was elsewhere when the offence occurred, making presence at the scene impossible or improbable.
Correct answer: Plea of absence from place of offence occurrence- A. Civil cases
- B. Criminal cases
- C. Family cases
- D. None of these
Explanation: In criminal proceedings, the accused's previous good character may be relevant because it bears on the likelihood of guilt, while bad…
Correct answer: Criminal cases- A. Circumstantial evidence
- B. Corroborative evidence
- C. Fundamental evidence
- D. None of these
Explanation: An identification parade is generally treated as corroborative evidence because it supports a witness’s identification in court, but it is…
Correct answer: Corroborative evidence- A. Proof of relation
- B. Proof of corroboration
- C. Proof of identity
- D. None of these
Explanation: Identification means establishing or proving the identity of a person or thing.
Correct answer: Proof of identity- A. 18
- B. 20
- C. 22
- D. None of these
Explanation: Article 22 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order covers facts that establish the identity of a person or thing when that identity is relevant…
Correct answer: 22- A. Civil cases
- B. Criminal cases
- C. Family cases
- D. None of these
Explanation: Alibi is a plea that the accused was elsewhere when the offence occurred, so it is relevant to criminal liability rather than ordinary…
Correct answer: Criminal cases- A. Relevant fact
- B. Irrelevant fact
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of these
Explanation: Possessing money before the alleged robbery and showing or mentioning it to others may indicate preparation, opportunity, or conduct…
Correct answer: Relevant fact- A. Same transaction
- B. Separate transaction
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of these
Explanation: Facts forming part of the same transaction are relevant because connected events help explain the occurrence as a whole, even when they…
Correct answer: Same transaction- A. Law
- B. Relevant facts
- C. None of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: Article 18 permits evidence on facts in issue and on relevant facts, not on every fact that may be mentioned during a trial.
Correct answer: Relevant facts- A. Quality of evidence
- B. Competence and numbers of witnesses
- C. Quality of witnesses
- D. None of these
Explanation: Article 17 deals with the competence and required number of witnesses, including the evidentiary rules applicable to different matters.
Correct answer: Competence and numbers of witnesses- A. Document
- B. Paper
- C. Draft
- D. None of these
Explanation: A document is any matter recorded or expressed on a substance through letters, figures, or marks, so the definition is broader than merely…
Correct answer: Document- A. With permission of Court
- B. With permission of appointing authority
- C. With permission of his client
- D. None of these
Explanation: Professional communications between an advocate and client are privileged, and disclosure generally requires the client’s express consent.
Correct answer: With permission of his client- A. Civil cases
- B. Cases of high treason
- C. Hudood and Qisas cases
- D. None of these
Explanation: Tazkiya-al-Suhood means verification of the credibility and character of witnesses, a principle associated particularly with Hudood and…
Correct answer: Hudood and Qisas cases- A. Prudent Young
- B. Male
- C. Female
- D. None of these
Explanation: For proof of a Hadd offence, the prescribed eyewitness requirement generally refers to qualified male witnesses, with especially strict…
Correct answer: Male- A. Witness
- B. Judge
- C. Prosecutor
- D. None of these
Explanation: Article 3 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order deals with who may testify, including the competence and qualification of witnesses.
Correct answer: Witness- A. Feeling
- B. Fact
- C. Act
- D. None of these
Explanation: A fact includes anything, a state of things, or a relation capable of being perceived by the senses.
Correct answer: Fact