Criminal Law - Substantive (IPC MCQs with Answers

In the context of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, read Assertion I and Reason II and point out the correct explanation:

Assertion I: To establish a charge of conspiracy, knowledge about indulgence in either an illegal act or a legal act by illegal means is necessary.

Reason II: The normal rule is that a particular unlawful use being intended has to be inferred from the chain of actions.

Read Assertion I and Reason II and point out the correct explanation:

Assertion I: Independently putting a person in fear of injury to another is extortion.

Reason II: It is an exception to the rule of delivering the valuable security.

A police officer arrested a person without warrant who was drunk and creating disturbance in a public street. The action of police amounts to ______.

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and find the correct explanation:

Assertion (A): Nullum crimen sine lege acts as an injunction to the legislature not to draft criminal statutes in such broad and vague terms that anyone can be prosecuted at the whim of the prosecuting authority or the judge.

Reason (R): Under the principle of legality, criminal offences must be defined with certainty in advance so that citizens have fair notice of what conduct is prohibited.

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and find the correct explanation:

Assertion (A): Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the gist of the offence of criminal conspiracy lies in the agreement between two or more persons to do, or cause to be done, an illegal act, or an act which is not illegal by illegal means.

Reason (R): Under Section 61(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, where the agreement is to commit an offence, the agreement itself constitutes criminal conspiracy without the need to prove any overt act in pursuance thereof.

Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, what offence, if any, has been caused by the accused ‘X’ in the following facts: ‘X’ had some verbal wrangle with his wife ‘Y’ and in the course of that he gave her a blow with great force and after an interval of two hours ‘Y’ died. Medical evidence provided the causative factor as rupture in the spleen.

Which of the following statements are not false evidence in discharge of public justice?

Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, theft and extortion have certain elements in common and certain distinctions. Please identify which of these statements is incorrect?

Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Diana throws boiling milk at Heena, an unmarried girl of 16 years of age, causing burns on her torso. After ten days of intensive treatment, Heena was able to resume going to school. Decide whether Diana caused grievous hurt to Heena.

To facilitate a theft, A sets fire at night to a house he knows is occupied. A knows the fire is likely to kill someone. B dies in the fire. A did not intend B’s death and later expresses regret. Which statement is correct under Section 100 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023?