1. QUESTIONS BANK OF LAW OF CRIMES
Section-A
Explain the following terms in about 40-50 words.
1. Judge
2. Movable Property
3. Public Servant
4. Wrongful Gain Wrongful Loss
5. Document Counterfeit
6. Fraudently
7. Court of Justice
8. Reason to believe
9. Voluntarily
10.Valuable Security
11.Good Faith
12.Illegal, Legal Bound to do
13.Common Intention for crime
14.Common Object for crime
15.Accident
16.Abetment
17.Punishment
18.Culpable Homicide
19.Wagering war
20.Criminal Conspiracy
21.Abettor
22.Kidnapping
23.Sedition
24.Doli-incapax
25.Force
26.Assault
27.Provocation
28.Abduction
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2. 29.Theft
30.Rape
31.Unlawful Assembly
32.Rioting
33.Trespass
34.House Breaking
35.Stolen Property
36.Forgery
37.Adultery
38.Defamation
39.Criminal Intimidation
40.Divine Displeasure
41.Personation
42.Unnatural Offences
43.Imprisonment
44.Miscarriage
45.Thug
46.Dowry Death
47.Nuisance
48.Provocation
49.Wrongful Confinement
50.Counterfeit
51.Personation
52.Illegal Act or Omission
53.Offence
54.Crime
55.Mensrea
56.Criminal Breach of Trust
57.Misappropriation
58.Fabricating False Evidence
59.Transportation
60.Solitary Confinement
61.Remission of Punishment
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3. 62.Life Imprisonment
63.Undue Influence
64.Imputation
65.Private Defence
66.Concealment of design
67.Abettor
68.Insane
69.Section
70.Affray
71.Harboring
72.House Breaking
73.False Evidence
74.Public Nuisance
75.Negligence
76.Murder
77.Hurt
78.Wrongful Restraint
79.Grievous Hurt
80.Obscene Material
81.Criminal Force
82.Extortion
83.Dacoity
84.Criminal Breach of Trust
85.Extra Territorial Offences
86.Kidnapping for Ransom
87.Voluntarily Hurt
88.Lurking House Trespass
89.Forgery
90.Custody
91.Property
92.Cheating
93.Mischief
94.Enticing or Taking away
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4. 95.Adultery
96.Bigamy
97.Criminal Intent
98.Cruelty
99.Attempt to commit an offence
100. Outraging the Modesty
Section-B
1. Describe ‘Criminal breach of Trust’ and its punishment provided in Indian Penal
Code, 1860?
2. What do you understand by ‘Stolen Property’? Can a person habitually dealing
in receiving stolen property is liable for that?
3. What are the essentials of the offence of Rape? Can a male is liable for the
intercourse with his wife during judicial separation?
4. Explain the meaning of Unnatural Offences and its ingredients provided in
Indian Penal Code, 1860?
5. What is the nature and definition of Crime?
6. State the meaning of maxim- ‘Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’. Is there
any exception for this maxim?
7. How far the mental element is important consideration determining the
criminal liability of the offender?
8. Define the meaning of ‘Crime’ along with definitions given by various jurists.
9. State the difference between Crime and Sin (religious wrong)?
10.Explain the various forms of Mensrea included in the all the offences provided
in Indian Penal Code, 1860.
11.What do you mean by Joint Liability and how it’s applicable in determining
criminal liability of joint offender in IPC, 1860?
12.Describe the Principle of Legality along with the maxim – nulla poena sine lege.
13.What is the difference between the maxim-‘nulla poena cine lege’ and ‘nullam
crimin sine lege’?
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5. 14.What are the protection available the accused from criminal liability?
15.State the principles/provisions provided in IPC, 1860 regarding the operation
of Penal Code.
16.How many type of jurisdiction is provided in IPC, 1860 for the operation and
application of Penal Code? Can any person exempt from the operation of
Code?
17.State how can the code is extended to extra-territorial offences?
18.What do you mean by Public servant? Is Chief Minister is included in the
definition of public servant?
19.What is the distinction between fraudulently and dishonestly?
20.State the meaning of Counterfeit?
21.Define the meaning of Document? Is any matter described on a wall about the
name of the offender who murdered the deceased is a document or not?
22.Does the term ‘valuable security’ apply to a document which is the true copy
of an original document?
23.What does the term ‘Act, or omission’ denotes?
24.Describe the principle of ‘Joint Liability’ provided in Sec.34 IPC, 1860.
25.What is the distinction between ‘Common Intent’ and ‘Common Object’?
26.Explain the expression ‘Common Intention.
27.What are the various mode of punishment provided in IPC, 1860?
28.Explain “General Exception deals with general conditions of non- imputablity
or general grounds of exception from criminal liability”?
29.What is the meaning and objective of the maxim- ‘Ignorantia facti excusat,
Ignorantia legis neminum excusat’?
30.What is the difference between Mistake of Law and Mistake of Fact?
31.State the meaning of ‘Accident’. In which kind of cases this defence is
available.
32.Define the ‘doctrine of salvage’.
33.What is the concept of the defence of ‘Necessity’?
34.What do you mean by ‘Doli-incapax’? Can a person of 8 yrs be held liable for
criminal conspiracy?
35.Describe the principle laid down in Dayabhai Cgaganbhai Thakkar vs. State of
Gujarat (AIR 1964 SC 1563).
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6. 36.Describe in detail the exception of Intoxication.
37. What is meant by Criminal Law?
38.What are the Chief Elements of Crime?
39.What are the general conditions of crime?
40.What is meant by the word by ‘Actus Reus’?
41.What are certain omissions for which IPC, 1860 specifically provides
punishment?
42.What is meant by Mensrea of guilty mind?
43.Write briefly that Mensrea is an essential ingredient of a crime often excluded
by a statute?
44.Is Mensrea an essential ingredient of Criminal Offence?
45.What is the difference between an ‘Act’ and an ‘Event’?
46.What are the kinds of ‘Acts’?
47.What are other aspects of an ‘Act’ besides its Cause and Effect?
48.What words are normally used to denote a guilty mind in IPC, 1860 showing a
positive applicability of the maxim ‘Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’?
49.What is laid down under section 34 of IPC, 1860?
50.Does ‘Same’ or ’Similar intention mean common Intention?
51.What are the ingredients of Section 34, IPC, 1860?
52.Will an act done for self defence causing death by one person attract the
provisions of Section 34 of IPC, 1860?
53.What are the difference between Sections 34 &35 of IPC, 1860?
54.What are the essential elements of the defence under section j85 of IPC, 1860?
55.What is the difference between Sec. 85 & 86?
56.What does Section 88 contained?
57.What are the differences between Sec. 107 and Sec. 120-A of IPC, 1860?
58.What are the necessary elements necessary to constitute the offence of
Culpable Homicide?
59.Write briefly about the term ’Causing of death ’, under Sec.299?
60.What is the legal Position if death is caused by the effect of words?
61.What is meant by Intention?
62.What are the essentials under Sec. 304-B are to be fulfilled in the case of bride
burning etc.?
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7. 63.Is murder an aggravated form of Culpable Homicide?
64.What are the ingredients of grave and sudden provocation?
65.What are the four cardinal conditions must exist to justify killing a person on
the plea of self defence?
66.What is the difference between Murder and Culpable Homicide not amounting
to murder?
67.What are the differences between theft and criminal misappropriation of
property?
68.What is the legal position in regard to dishonest misappropriation of property
possessed by a deceased by a deceased person at the time of his death?
69.What is the requirement under Sec.404 of IPC, 1860?
70.What are the ingredients of offence under Sec.403 of IPC, 1860?
71.What is meant by Dacoity?
72.How is assault in the crime of Robbery?
73.Can the offence of Robbery be constituted without the use of force or
violence?
74.What are the ingredients of extortion are as laid down under Sec.383 of IPC,
1860?
75.What are the points of difference between Robbery and Dacoity?
76.What factors are essential to constitute Theft?
77.Is removal of a property under a bonafide claim of right theft within the
meaning of sec.378 of IPC, 1860?
78.What are the essentials of Robbery?
79.When is the offence of extortion complete?
80.Is stealing of a dead body is a theft?
81.What is meant by Rash and Negligent Act under IPC, 1860?
82.What essentials under Sec.304-B are to be fulfilled in the case of bride
burning?
83.What is meant by the word ‘Dishonestly’ in Sec.405?
84.What are the essential ingredients of the offence of criminal breach of trust?
85.Does the criminal breach of Trust imply a breach of contract?
86.What is the difference between criminal misappropriation of property and
criminal breach of Trust?
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8. 87.What do mean by private defence according to IPC, 1860?
88.Explain the liability of a person whom believe himself if justified by law and the
person believe himself to be bound by law.
89.What is meant by causing miscarriage and also explain the criminal liability for
that?
90.What is the difference between Hurt and Grievous hurt?
Section-C
1. What is the meaning of robbery and explain the circumstances when a robbery
become theft and extortion become robbery?
2. What are the essentials of the offence of Rape? Can a male is liable for the
intercourse with his wife during judicial separation?
3. Explain the Elements of Crime. Is Mensrea is the essential element for the
constitution of crime.
4. Discuss the Scope of the right of defence of the body under IPC, 1860.Can an
Accused person rely on the plea of such private defence without specifically
pleading it? Support your answer with help of decided cases.
5. When does the culpable homicide not amounting to murder?
6. Describe the territorial development of Indian Penal Code, 1860 along with
early Hindu & Muslim Law.
7. Describe the Composition of 1st law Commission & also explain specifically role
of Load Macaulay in the formation of Indian Penal Code,1860
8. Explain the essentials of affect…. Can a person may be liable of a single… act &
omission towards commission of offence?
9. What are the various stages of offence explain in detail?
10.Whether intention called be the only consideration for determination of
criminal liability?
11.Explain the various principles of penal law.
12.Write the meaning and distinguish between the two maxims:-
a. Nulla poena sine lege ,
b. Nullam crimen sine lege.
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9. 13.Explain the Role against judicial creation of offences & vagueness of criminal
statutes.
14.What do you mean by ‘Narrow Construction of criminal law’, whether a
criminal law may be applied retrospectively?
15.What it the difference between acts done by a person bound law & act done
by a Justified by law?
16.What is the extant of the right to private defence of person & property?
17.Explain the commencement & extant of right to private defence.
18.Describe the circumstances under which the Right to private defence extents
to causing death of a person.
19.Explain the act against which there is no right to private defence?
20.What do you mean by culpable hornicide & how does culpable homicide is
different from murder?
21.Define murder & what are the exceptions provided by law to escape from the
liability of murder?
22.Explain the commission of death a person by negligence.
23.What do you mean by attempt to commit an offence?
24. Describe the liability of person in attempt to murder?
25.Define dowry and dowry death?
26.What do you mean by ‘cruelty’, its kinds also explain the cruelty against
women by husband or relatives?
27. State the provision of outraging modesty of women by a person?
28.How can a person are held liable for insulting the privacy of a person?
29.“Rape” is one of heinous crime against women’. Explain this statement with
relevant provisions provided in IPC, 1860.
30.‘Bigamy’ is an offence against a spouse tied in a marital tie’. Explain this
statement by describing the provisions of Indian Penal Code, 1860 in this
regard.
31.What do you mean by bigamy? What are the laws under which a person could
be held liable for the offence of bigamy under Indian Penal Code, 1860?
32.State the ingredients of adultery. Could a father initiate criminal proceeding
against the husband of his daughter?
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10. 33.Explain “Criminal Intimidation” & punishment provided in INDIAN PENAL CODE
1860
34.What do you mean by intimidation?
35.Describe various modes under which criminal misappropriation is committed
with regard to property.
36.State the different between house trespass & lurking house trespass.
37. Explain the offence of how breaking & also describe the aggravated form of
house-breaking.
38.Who do you meant by forgery? How can the forgery of documents be
committed? Give five some examples.
39.Define the meaning of public nuisance.
40.What are the acts likely to spread infected pollution of food & drink?
41.Explain the liability of person who intentionally fooling water.
42.State the meaning of waging was & its punishment.
43.‘Sedition is gravest of grave offence’-Explain this statement along with relevant
provisions in Indian Penal Code, 1860.
44.Narrate the liability of person/public servant for the escape of or harboring a
state prisoner of war.
45.How much persons can constitute of unlawful assembly? Could two person be
held liable for unlawful assembly.
46.Explain the meaning & also distinguish after of rioting & affray.
SECTION-D
1. Ajeet and Rejeev, being joint owners of a horse. Ajeet takes the horse out
of the possession intending to use it. But he sells the house and
appropriates the whole proceeds for the marriage of his daughter. Rajeev
after came to know about that fact he initiated criminal proceedings
against the Ajeet. Now decide applicability of the relevant law and liability
of Ajeet.
2. Peter and Castle agree to murder Zameel by severally and at different
times giving Zameel small doses of poison. Peter and Castle administer the
poison according to the agreement with intent to murder Zameel. Zameel
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11. dies from the effect of the several doses of poison so administered to him.
Decide the liability of Peter and Castle.
3. Vibhor in grave anger gives 70 strokes with a stick to Shobha. He voluntarily
causes hurt to Shobha by the whole beating, and also by each of the blows
which make up the whole beating. If Vibhor is liable to punishment for
every blow one year then what would be the total duration of the
punishment of Vibhor.
4. Sameer sees Abdul inflicting a lathi blow to Deewan which appears to
Sameer to be a causing murder of Deewan. Sameer in the exercise, to the
best of his judgment exerted in good faith, of the power which the law
gives to all persons of apprehending murders in the fact, seizes Abdul, in
order to bring Abdul before the proper authorities. As result Deewan
inflicted a severe axe blow to Abdul. Now explain the liability of Sameer for
the holding Abdul.
5. Dr. Harish a well known doctor at PGIMS, Rohtak, in good faith
communicates to the owner of Durga Steels, Mr. Hoshiyar Singh that in his
opinion (Dr. Harish), he cannot live more than 2 month. By hearing these
words Hoshiyar Singh died in consequence of the shock. What offence dr.
Harish had committed though he knew it to be likely that the
communication might cause the Hoshiyar Singh.
6. Deepak the security officer sees a great fire in a factory. By applying his
mind pulls down others Administrative offices in order to prevent the
conflagration from spreading. He does this with the intention in good faith
of saving human life or property. After some time fire brigade controlled
the fire .The owner of the factory initiate the criminal proceedings against
Deepak for the demolition of administrative offices because there were all
the important records of factory. Decide the liability of Deepak.
7. Dr. Satya , a surgeon, knowing that the operation of Roshni is likely to
cause the death of Roshni, who suffers under a painful-cancer, but not
intending to cause Roshni’s death and intending in good-faith, Roshni’s
benefit performs that operation by Roshni’ consent. As the result she died.
The husband of Roshni lodged a FIR against Dr. Satya for causing the
murder of his wife. Explain criminal liability of Dr. Satya if any.
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12. 8. Mr. Girish Bhatt, the resident of Shimla Enclave, Hissar encroached upon
the govt. property by constructing a small garden in front of his house. The
municipality gave him the notice for vacating the govt. property by
removing the above mention garden. But he ignored. As a result the
municipality team removes the garden .Mr. Girish by seeing this gave
severe blows to the head of the municipality team and labors. In the
proceeding against Mr. Girish he pleaded the right to protect his property.
Can Mr. Girish succeeded in his plea and escaped from the criminal liability
along with the relevant law applicable to this situation.
9. A.S.I Sudhir Malik, a police Officer, from Sadar Dehradun Police Station, was
authorized by warrant from The Jind Sessions Judge to apprehend Dilbagh,
the suspect of committing the murder of Girdhari Lal, asked A wander of
snacks Shamsher Singh about Dilbagh. The Wander Shamsher Singh
knowing that fact also that Lakhan Prshad is not Dilbagh, willfully represent
to A.S.I Sudhir Malik, that Lakhan Prshad is Dilbagh, and thereby
intentionally causes A.S.I Sudhir Malik to apprehend Lakhan Prshad
.Describe now what offence the wander of snacks Shamsher Singh had
committed?
10.Rammehar Singh instigates Leelu Ram, a unsound mind person, to set fire
in the field of Udey Singh .Leelu Ram in consequences of the unsoundness
of his mind, being incapable of knowing the nature of the act, sets the fire
to the field of Udey Singh in consequences of Rammehar’s instigation. The
case ceme before the Sessions court Udham Singh Nagar .State the liability
of both Rammehar Singh and Leelu Ram separately along with relevant law
applicable in this situation.
11.Two persons Fardeen and Hakim Singh made a plan to plunder a petrol
pump situated at Delhi by-pass in Maan Sarowar Park. One Police Officer
named Sri Bhagwan heard that communication and immediately arrested
both of them. The criminal proceedings started against Fardeen and Hakim
Singh. Describe the liability of them.
12.Harpal Singh, a Contractor of Shri Hanuman Constructions. Pvt. Ltd. wanted
the contact of construction of Ganga-Sarswati Express Way; he made a call
to Governor of Rajasthan to allot him the above mention contract. But the
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13. governor refused as a result he again made a call and said if he would have
to allot him the contract otherwise he would outrage the modesty of his
daughter. In fact the admonition was not intended to executed. The
Governor made a complaint to the police station Jaipur. Now the case is
before the Sessions Court Jaipur, Rajasthan. Decide the liability of The
Contractor, Harpal Singh.
13. Saint Shri Shri 1008 Vijay Pal Singh sits at a dhuni, near the house of Sh.
Mehtab Singh, the sarpanch of village of Kiloi, Disst. Haridwar, with the
intention it to be believed that, by so sitting, he renders ‘blood of dog, an
object of divine displeasure unless the Mehtab Singh gave him land for the
establishment of New temple in the village, which was reserved for the
community centre. Explain whether the Saint Shri Shri 1008 Vijay Pal Singh
had committed any offence?
14.Since 20 years, there was a civil proceedings between two brothers Gian
Prakash and Surjan Singh for the possession of a showroom situated in the
heart of city Bijnor, U.P. Surjan Singh for the purpose of inducing Gian
Prakash to desist from prosecuting the suit, threatened to burn the house
of Gian Prakash .Gian Prakash registered a criminal case against Surjan
Singh Now the case is before Sessions Judge Anurag Singh. State what
offence Surjan Singh Committed.?
15.Choudhary Sultan ,the editor of a well known newspaper-The Whistle
Blower ,daily news paper, published an article on a book-My Karawass in
Hapur Jail, written by, a social worker Karamveer Panday that –
‘’Karamveer’s book is rubbish ,Karamveer must be a man of weak ideology.
Karamveer’s book is indecent; Karamveer must be man of impure mind”.
Karamveer Panday filed a case of defamation against Choudhary Sultan.
Explain the liability of Choudhary Sultan if any?
16.Akanshi Sharma, a Student of MBBS final year fell in love with the counselor
of the college named Divya Gyan Rastogi, asked him to marry him because
otherwise her parents would perform her marriage with Vishal Girotra,
from Dhanbad, son of a well known billionaire of India. Infect Divya Gyan
was already married with a girl named Himani Singh in his childhood, and
he won’t like Himani. He already told Himani that –He like Akanshi very
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14. much he can’t live without her. He concealed this fact from Akanshi. He
solemnizes his marriage Akanshi .When Himani came to known about she
filed a case against Divya Gyan Rastogi. Now decide the liability of Divya
Gyan.
17.Ajay Srivastva was having a keen desire of being an advocate. But he got
45% in B.Com. Exam. As per the rules of The Badri Vishal University of Law,
Bangalore, the requisite qualification for admission was 55% in graduation.
Ajay made a zerox copy of B.Com marks-sheet by altering 45% in to 55%
marks. He got the admission in LL.B. course. After some time the University
administration came to know about this fact. Now suggest the university
under which offence she can take an action against Ajay Srivastva.
18.Sardar Gurjinder Singh under the pretence of his death made a will. Which
contained the following words-“I, Sardar Gurjinder Singh S/o Sh. Avtar
Singh Kocher, direct that all my remaining property be equally divided
between Gurjeet Singh, Damtaal Singh and Harjinder Kaur”? Now Damtaal
Singh after the death of their father Sardar Gurjinder Singh, dishonestly
scratches out Gurjeet’s name intending that it may believed that the whole
estate was left to Damtaal Singh and Harjinder Kaur, his mother. Now state
what offence Mr. Damtaal Singh committed along with the relevant
provision of law.
19.Abdul Waseem the, Rickshaw puller was a person of fond of having new
branded mobiles. Once he visited to Shri. Sai Mobile Zone, Clock Tower,
Sirsa there he selected a new nokia lumia-800 mobile. But he was not
having sufficient money to purchase that. He came to the shop at 2:00 AM
night and enter through the exhaust-window in the shop and conceal he
mobile so that the other person can’t purchase that mobile. And then he
would purchase after having the sufficient money. But he was caught red-
handed by watchmen. Now impose the criminal liability on the poor
Rickshaw puller.
20.Lala Deewan Singh was in urgently need of money to go abroad to meet his
son-in law. But he was not having sufficient money for that. He had a
Toyota Fortuner Car financed by HDFC Bank Ghaziabad Ltd. He sold his car
and lodges a false -complaint of theft so that he could got money from
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15. Insurance Company. He was succeeding in that .After some time the police
discovered that car .Now state the liability of Lala Deewan Singh for his
conduct.
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