Exam 5: Legal Defenses and Principles in Criminal Law

Give correct response. A married girl, Sudha aged about 10 years slept in the night with her mother-in-law. Her husband Vinay aged about 19 years slept with his brother in another hut but in the same homestead. In the early hours of the fateful day the mother-in-law woke Sudha and told her to go about her household duties. Shortly after this Sudha was seen running out of the house and her husband was found mortally wounded on the neck by her. She was hiding herself in a field and could be found only in the afternoon.

Give correct response. A, the accused was beating B with his fists, when the latter's wife with a baby on her shoulder interfered. A hit the woman but the blow struck the child on his head resulting in death. Held :

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Give incorrect response. In order to avail the defence of section 88 I.P.C. :

Give correct response. A was charged with the murder of a boy aged 15 or 16 years who had accompanied him to a wedding party. A was drunk at the time he fired the fatal shot, when he asked the boy to step aside to enable him to occupy a convenient seat but the boy did not move. In this case it was held that :

Give incorrect response. In order to avail the defence under section 87 of the I.P.C. the following conditions must be fulfilled:

A person cuts of the head of sleeping person because it would be great fun to see him looking for it when he woke up. He is :

In cases where an act is not an offence unless done with particular knowledge and intents a person who does the act in state of intoxication shall be liable to the be dealt as if he :

A person attacked by lion in a jungle asked his friends to fire. They fired and one bullet hit that person.

A VADHYA not qualified as medical practitioner perform a major operation with the consent of that person :

Give correct response. A was charged with the murder of his wife, takes the defence of insanity and in the alternative of being drunk at the time of commission of the crime and being thus incapable of forming the intent required in murder. It is also pleaded in defence that the accused was a psychopath. The evidence further discloses that the accused had indicated an intention to kill his wife before taking alcohol. Here :

Point out incorrect response. The M' Neghten Rules relating to the defence of insanity provide :

The above stated provision applies to the person who :

Nothing is an offence which is done by a child, who has not attained sufficient maturity of understanding to judge of the nature of his conduct and consequence. This provision applies to children of age group of :

Give correct response. A is in a house which is on fire, with Z, a child. People below hold out a blanket, A drops the child from the house top, knowing it to be likely that the fall may kill the child, but not intending to kill the child, and intending in good faith the child's benefit. The child is killed by fall, Held that :

An accused committed murder without any motive under the epileptic fit . He :

In the above stated question the person is guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder because in this case

An accused on being commanded in his dream by some one to kill his wife as being a denial, into the head of his wife. He is :

Give correct response. A girl of 13 years while going to the market passed through the gate of a mill where B was the only watchman on duty. B in a bid to commit rape caught the girl. She struggled but the accused shut her mouth and pressed the thumb of the other hand on her throat to prevent her from screaming. The girl died. The accused was tried for murder. B pleaded intoxication in his defence. It was held that :

Point out incorrect response. The following are ingredients of the defence of necessity under section 81 of the Penal Code :