LLM Criminal Law — practice questions
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Practice LLM Criminal Law in the app →Under Section 6 of the IPC, every definition and penal provision in the Code is to be understood:'Mens rea' as a doctrine of criminal liability is best described by which Latin maxim?Section 34 IPC, dealing with acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention, is:Section 149 IPC differs from Section 34 in that Section 149:In Section 39 IPC ('voluntarily'), a person is said to cause an effect 'voluntarily' when he causes it by meanUnder Section 21 IPC, the expression 'public servant' includes:Section 52 IPC defines 'good faith' as:Section 76 IPC provides that an act done by a person who is, or who by reason of a mistake of FACT and not by Section 80 IPC excuses an act done by accident or misfortune. The four conjunctive conditions of Section 80 arSection 84 IPC enacts the McNaghten Rules. A person is exempt from criminal liability where, at the time of thUnder Section 85 IPC, voluntary intoxication is:Under Section 82 IPC, an act done by a child below what age is conclusively NOT an offence (doli incapax)?The right of private defence of body extends, under Section 100 IPC, to the voluntary causing of death of the Section 81 IPC excuses an act done WITH knowledge but WITHOUT criminal intent, where the act is done in good fSection 87 IPC excuses an act not intended and not known to be likely to cause death or grievous hurt, done:Under Section 107 IPC, abetment of a thing is:'Abetment by aid' under Section 107 third clause (Explanation 2) requires:'Criminal conspiracy' under Section 120A IPC is defined as:Section 120B IPC prescribes the punishment for criminal conspiracy. Where the conspiracy is to commit an offenIn Section 109 IPC, the abettor of an offence — when the act abetted is committed in consequence — is punishedSection 124A IPC defining 'sedition' was kept in abeyance by the Supreme Court in:'Waging war against the Government of India' under Section 121 IPC is punishable with:Section 130 IPC criminalises 'aiding the escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner' — referring to:Under Section 141 IPC, an assembly of five or more persons becomes 'unlawful' if the common object of the pers'Rioting' under Section 146 IPC is defined as:Section 159 IPC defines 'affray' as:Section 299 IPC defines 'culpable homicide' as:Under Section 300 IPC, culpable homicide is MURDER if the act is done with intention of causing death, OR withException 1 to Section 300 IPC reduces murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder when:In Virsa Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1958 SC 465, the Supreme Court laid down a four-step test to apply SectSection 304A IPC ('Causing death by negligence') applies when:Under Section 304B IPC, 'dowry death' occurs when the death of a woman is caused by:Punishment for murder under Section 302 IPC is:Section 319 IPC defines 'hurt' as:Section 320 IPC lists 'grievous hurt'. Which of the following is NOT one of the eight kinds of grievous hurt eSection 326A IPC, inserted by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, criminalises:Section 339 IPC ('wrongful restraint') is committed when a person:'Wrongful confinement' under Section 340 IPC is wrongful restraint:Section 375 IPC, post the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, defines 'rape'. Which of the following is NOT onPunishment for rape under Section 376(1) IPC is:Section 376AB IPC, inserted by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, deals with:Under Section 498A IPC, 'cruelty' includes:Section 354 IPC criminalises assault or criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty. InsertioSection 378 IPC defines 'theft' as the dishonest movable property of any person:Section 383 IPC defines 'extortion' as:Section 390 IPC declares that:Section 391 IPC defines 'dacoity'. It is committed when robbery is committed by:Section 415 IPC defines 'cheating' as:Under Section 405 IPC, 'criminal breach of trust' is committed when a person, entrusted with property:Section 425 IPC defines 'mischief' as:Section 441 IPC defines 'criminal trespass' as entry on property in possession of another:Section 463 IPC defines 'forgery'. Which is NOT an essential ingredient?Section 511 IPC provides punishment for attempts to commit offences. The punishment is:Section 494 IPC ('bigamy') is committed when a person, having a husband or wife living, marries:Section 503 IPC defines 'criminal intimidation' as threatening another with:Section 41 CrPC empowers a police officer to arrest without warrant. After the 2009 amendment, the requirementUnder Section 50 CrPC, the police officer making arrest must:Under Section 57 CrPC, no police officer shall detain in custody a person arrested without warrant for a perioSection 41A CrPC, inserted by the 2010 Amendment Act, requires the police officer, where arrest is not necessaSection 154 CrPC concerns the recording of:Under Section 161 CrPC, statements made by witnesses to the investigating police officer:Section 167 CrPC governs the procedure when investigation cannot be completed in 24 hours. The total period ofUnder Section 164 CrPC, confessions or statements may be recorded by:In Lalita Kumari v. State of U.P., (2014) 2 SCC 1, the Supreme Court held that registration of an FIR under SeUnder Section 190 CrPC, a Magistrate of the first class may take cognizance of any offence:Section 200 CrPC requires a Magistrate, on taking cognizance of an offence on complaint, to:Under Section 437 CrPC, bail in a non-bailable offence may be granted by:Under Section 438 CrPC ('anticipatory bail'), a direction for grant of bail in the event of arrest may be issu'Default bail' under Section 167(2) CrPC accrues when:Under Section 211 CrPC, every charge framed by the court must contain:Section 313 CrPC empowers the court to question the accused for the purpose of enabling him personally to:Plea bargaining provisions, inserted into Chapter XXI-A of the CrPC by the 2005 Amendment Act, are NOT availabIn Joginder Kumar v. State of U.P., (1994) 4 SCC 260, the Supreme Court held that:Under Section 357 CrPC, the court may order the accused, on conviction, to pay:Section 5 of the Indian Evidence Act provides that evidence may be given:Section 6 IEA enacts the doctrine of:Section 8 IEA makes 'motive, preparation and previous or subsequent conduct' of any party:Section 27 IEA permits proof of so much of the information given by a person accused of an offence in police cSection 32 IEA, dealing with statements of persons who cannot be called as witnesses (dying declarations etc.)Section 25 IEA provides that:Section 24 IEA renders inadmissible a confession caused by:Section 30 IEA permits the court to take into consideration the confession of a co-accused:Section 65B IEA, inserted by the Information Technology Act, 2000, deals with admissibility of:Under Section 91 IEA, when the terms of a contract have been reduced to the form of a document, evidence of thSection 101 IEA enacts that:Section 105 IEA, dealing with the burden of proving an exception in criminal cases, provides that:Section 113A IEA, dealing with presumption of abetment of suicide by a married woman, provides for the presumpSection 113B IEA, dealing with presumption of dowry death, provides that:Section 118 IEA on competency of witnesses provides that every person is competent to testify UNLESS the courtSection 134 IEA provides that:Section 137 IEA describes the order of examination of a witness. The three stages are:Section 53 IPC enumerates the kinds of punishment to which offenders are liable. Which is NOT one of the five Section 268 IPC defines 'public nuisance' as an act which causes:Section 156 CrPC empowers the officer in charge of a police station to investigate a cognizable offence:Section 173 CrPC requires the officer in charge of a police station, on completion of investigation, to forwarSection 60 IEA enacts the rule that oral evidence must be DIRECT, namely:Section 122 IEA enacts marital privilege. It provides that:Section 320 CrPC deals with compounding of offences. Compoundable offences:Section 161 IPC criminalises the taking of:Section 357A CrPC, inserted by the 2009 Amendment Act, provides for: