Point Out Incorrect Response

Multiple Choice

Point out incorrect response. There is a presumption that mens rea and evil intention or knowledge of the wrongfulness of the act, is an essential in every offence. However, the following are some of the exceptions to this general rule:

A) Acts which are not criminal in any sense, but are acts which in the public interest are prohibited under the penalty.
B) Cases of public nuisance where the employer is liable on indictment for nuisance caused by workmen without his knowledge and contrary to his orders.
C) There may be cases in which, although the proceeding is criminal in form, it is really as summary mode of enforcing civil right.
D) All cases of private nuisance.