Deck 3: IPC Sections and Criminal Liability

Question 1

What is the difference between Sc. 34 and 149?

A)While active participation is needed in Sec. 34 while not necessary in Sec. 149.
B)Sec. 34 does create specific offence while Sec. 149 does not.
C)Both (a) and (b).
D)None of the above.

Answer 1

While active participation is needed in Sec. 34 while not necessary in Sec. 149.

Question 2

Give the correct response?

A)Sec. 34 needs active participation while Sec. 149 does not.
B)Sec. 34 does not create specific offence while Sec. 149 does.
C)Sec. 34 speaks of common intention while Sec.149 speaks of common object.
D)All of these.

Answer 2

Sec. 34 needs active participation while Sec. 149 does not.

Question 3

To apply Sec. 34 there must be at least :

A)2 persons.
B)5 persons.
C)More then two persons.
D)None of the above.

Answer 3

2 persons.

Question 4

Several persons took part in beating a person which caused the death of that person:

A)All of them are guilty of causing murder.
B)All of them are guilty of causing gracious hurt.
C)None of them is guilty of causing murder.
D)All of them are guilty of causing of simple hurt.

Question 5

There persons A, B and C went to a Post office, B & C entered the Post office and asked Post Master to hand over Money. C fired pistol at him, he was shot dead.

A)Only C is liable for murder.
B)All of them will be guilty of causing death.
C)Both B & C are liable for murder.
D)None of the above.

Question 6

A,B,C & D sent armed with guns to the house of K to commit robber. K being absent D with minor son of K went to the field where K was working . C stood a guard outside the house. A & B in the meanwhile shot dead two sons of K.

A)D is guilty of murder as well as robbery.
B)D is not guilty of any offence.
C)D is guilty of Robbery.
D)D is guilty of kidnapping.

Question 7

In the above stated case:

A)All of them leaving D are guilty of murder.
B)All of them (A,B,C&D) are guilty of causing death.
C)Only A & B are guilty of murder.
D)None of the above.

Question 8

Four accused with common intention to kill M shot R in the bonafide befief that R was M.

A)All accused are guilty of causing death.
B)This Sec. does not apply in this case.
C)All accused are guilty of causing death without invoking Sec. 34.
D)None of them is liable for the offence of murder.

Question 9

This Section 34 deals when all the person in doing of an criminal act has :

A)Same intention.
B)Common intention.
C)Both (a) and (b).
D)None of the above.

Question 10

"Common intention" under Sec. 34 does mean:

A)Pre-concert of minds.
B)Similar intention.
C)Both (a) and (b).
D)None of the above.

Question 11

Give correct response. Eight dacoits attack a bank and take away currency notes of the value of 50,000 rupees. In the course of the dacoity, two of the dacoits shoot dead the cashier of the bank. A, B and C, three of the dacoits merely keep watch at the gate of the bank about 50 feet away from the scene of actual killing, and do not take part in the shooting of the cashier by their accomplices. The liability of A, B and C is as follows:

A)A, B and C are not liable for committing murder but are, liable for committing dacoity.
B)A, B and C are not liable for committing dacoity but are liable for abetment by aiding in its commission by their presence.
C)Since dacoity was committed in furtherance of common intention of all of them, therefore, A, B and C would be jointly liable for any act committed by any one of their group because the rule is that they also serve who only stand and wait. Dacoity involves violence, therefore, A, B and C would be liable for conjointly committing dacoity with murder.
D)A, B and C are liable for abetting dacoity as well as murder.

Question 12

Under Section 46 of IPC, death denotes

A)Death of a human being
B)Death of an animal
C)Death of a human being and of an animal both.
D)None.

Question 13

Under section 65 of IPC sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine shall be limited to

A)One third of the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence.
B)One-fourth of the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence.
C)One-half of the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence.
D)None.

Question 14

Imprisonment for non-payment of fine shall terminate

A)On payment of fine.
B)On expiry of the term of imprisonment for non-payment.
C)Both (a) and (b)
D)None.

Question 15

X is a good swimmer He finds Y, a child of seven years of age, drowning in a canal. He could have saved the child but did not do so. The child is drowned, X is guilty of:

A)No offence
B)Murder
C)Abetment of suicide
D)Culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Question 16

A person who commits an offence in a state of voluntary intoxication shall be liable to be dealt with as if he had:

A)The same intention as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.
B)The same knowledge as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.
C)The same intention and knowledge as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.
D)Not the same intention and knowledge as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.

Question 17

A met with an accident and became unconscious. He was taken to the hospital by the police and there was none of identify him. The surgeon performed an operation on him to save him but A died. The police prosecuted the surgeon for murder on a complaint by A's relative. Since it was an act done in:

A)Good faith no offence was committed.
B)Good faith done for the benefit of the deceased, on offence was committed.
C)Good faith and for the benefit of A, and it was impossible to get consent in time, the surgeon is not liable.
D)Saving the life and under professional ethics, he is not liable.

Question 18

A an officer of a Court is ordered by the Court to affect the arrest of P. But believing Q to be P. He arrests Q A is guilty of:

A)Illegal arrest
B)No offence if after enquiries he arrested Q.
C)Wrongful restraint
D)Wrongful confinement.

Question 19

Consider the following statements: To justify as a defence to a charge of crime:
1) Irresistible impulse per se is no defence to a charge of crime.
2) Diminished responsibility is a defence to a charge of a crime.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A)1 only
B)2 only
C)Both 1 and 2
D)Neither 1 nor 2.

Question 20

Assertion (A): X, because of unsoundness of mind, not knowing the nature of the act attacks Y, who in self-defence and in order to ward of the attack, hits him thereby causing him hurt. Y does not commit an offence. Reason (R): Y had a right of private defence against X under Section 98 of the Indian Penal Code. Of the above statements.

A)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B)Both A and R are true and R is NOT a correct explanation of A
C)A is true but R is false
D)A is false but R is true.

Question 21

What is the age of a child if he is to be exempted from criminal liability?

A)Below 10 years
B)Below 7 years
C)Below 6 years
D)Below 12 years.

Question 22

Defence of Insanity is developed on which of the following?

A)Automatism
B)Mc. Naughten's Rules
C)Irresistible impulse
D)Equivocality test.

Question 23

Section 76 and Section 79 of IPC provide the general exception of:

A)Mistake of law
B)Mistake of fact
C)Both mistake of law and fact
D)Either mistake of law or of fact.

Question 24

A hangman who hangs the prisoners pursuant to the order of the court is exempt from criminal liability by virtue of:

A)Section 76 of IPC
B)Section 78 of IPC
C)Section 77 of IPC
D)Section 80 of IPC

Question 25

The expression 'harm' is used in Section 81 of the Indian Penal Code in the sense of:

A)Hurt
B)Injury or damage
C)Physical injury
D)Moral wrong or evil.