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QUESTION BANK
FA2E – LAW OF CRIMES – EVEN SEM (2023-2024)
(May 2016 – May 2023)
PART A
UNIT – I
1. Discuss the doctrine of Mensrea and its applicability under the Indian Penal Code.
2. How far the concept of Mensrea is adopted in the Indian Penal Code.
3. “Every commission of a crime has four stages”. Comment.
4. Explain the stages which provide the commission of a crime.
5. Explain the extent of liability for acts done in furtherance of common intention with case
laws.
UNIT – II
6. “The McNaughton’s rules are still received in the courts as the binding authority on the
defence of insanity” – Examine
7. Explain the circumstances under which a person can exceed his right of private defence of
body and property up to causing death.
8. “Ignorance of fact is excused, but ignorance of law excuses no one” - Discuss.
9. ‘Consent is no defence in criminal law’ – Discuss.
10. Enumerate the circumstances in which a person can cause the death of another in defence
of property.
11. Will the legal maxim “volenti- non fit injuria” be applicable to IPC-Discuss.
12. What is private defence? Explain the scope and limitations of private defence.
UNIT – III
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13.Explain the offence of abetment under the Indian Penal Code.
14.By what means the offence of ‘abetment’ is commited.
UNIT – IV
15.Elucidate the territorial and extra territorial operation of the Indian Penal Code with
reference to decided cases.
16.Criminal jurisdiction of the Indian Penal Code is territorial as well as extra territorial –
Explain with reference to leading cases.
UNIT – V
17.“A Crime is a legal wrong that can be followed by criminal proceeding which may result
in punishment” – Explain the statement.
18.Explain various theories of punishment and which theory is more appropriate for the
presentday society.
UNIT – VI
19.When does culpable homicide become murder? What are the exceptions to it?
20.Explain the expression “stolen property”. When will a person be made liable for receiving
or retaining stolen property under Indian Penal Code?
21.Define unlawful assembly and state when does turn into rioting.
22.Explain the offence of criminal breach of trust. Distinguish it from criminal
misappropriation.
23.State briefly the provisions of the Indian Penal Code regarding offences relating to
religion. What changes are required in the existing law?
24.Define and differentiate the offence of murder and culpable homicide.
25.Explain the offences relating to marriage dealt in Indian Penal Code.
26.Explain the essentials of the offence of theft. State the circumstances under which it will
become robbery and dacoity.
27.What are the valid defences available for the offence of defamation?
28.Explain the essential ingredients of the offence of cheating. When is a person said to cheat
by impersonation?
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29.Define the offence of defamation. Discuss the defences to a charge of defamation.
30.Define ‘theft’. Can a person commit theft of his own property.
31.Every culpable homicide is murder unless it comes under any one of the fine exceptions to
Sec.300 of the Indian Penal Code. Explain with Illustrations.
32.Explain the circumstances under which culpable homicide will not amount to murder.
33.Define “Theft”. When it will amount to robbery? Can a person commit theft of his own
property?
34.What is Sedition? Explain the constitutional validity of Sec. 124A of the Indian Penal
Code.
35.State the essential ingredients that are to be established for obtaining conviction in
cheating.
36.“The ten exceptions to sec.499 state the cases in which an imputation prima facie
defamatory may be excused”. Discuss.
37.Define Kidnapping and abduction. Distinguish between them.
38.Examine the essential ingredients of the offence of kidnapping. Distinguish between
kidnapping and the offence of abduction.
39.Define the offence of defamation with its exceptions with case laws
PART B AND C
UNIT – I
1. Mens Rea
UNIT – II
2. Doli Incapax
3. Bonafide act for another’s benefit
4. Ignorantia juris non excusat
5. Explain the liability of the acts done by drunkard
6. What are the limitations to the right of private defence of the body
7. Distinguish the following defences:
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a) Harmful act done to prevent other harm;
b) Accident
8. Explain the defence of insanity with decided cases
UNIT – III
9. Harbouring
10. Abetment
11. What is Criminal conspiracy? Explain
12. Joint liability principle
UNIT – IV
13. Enumerate the provisions of the Indian Penal Code which provide liability for extra
territorial offences.
UNIT – V
14. Enhanced Punishment
15. Kinds of punishment
16. Solitary Confinement
17. Objects of Punishment
UNIT – VI
18. Veerabadran vs. E.V. Ramasamy Naicker (AIR 1958 SC 1032).
19. Causing miscarriage
20. Mischief
21. Criminal trespass
22. Bigamy
23. Sedition
24. KedarNath AIR 1962 SC 955
25. Unlawful assembly
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26. Kidnapping
27. Defamation
28. What must be proved for a conviction for an offence of defamation.
29. Discuss the defences to charge of Defamation
30. House breaking
31. Criminal force
32. Rioting
33. Extortion
34. Counterfeit Currency Notes
35. Distinguish between Common Intention and Common object
36. Offences relating to election
37. False evidence with Illustration
38. Distinguish between Criminal force and Criminal assault
39. Explain when a person is punishable for theft of his own property. Illustrate
40. Public Servant
41. Public Nuisance and Private Nuisance
42. Define house trespass. When will it become lurking house trespass?
43. Distinguish between hurt and grievous hurt.
44. Criminal Insult
45. Distinguish between:
a) Criminal force and assault;
b) Simple hurt and grievous hurt;
c) House breaking and house trespass
46. What is the effect of consent on murder
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47. Grievous hurt
48. Criminal Intimidation
49. Dowry Death
50. Explain the ingredients of theft.
51. Cheating
52. Grave and sudden provocation
53. House trespass
54. Discuss common object under Sec. 149 of IPC
55. Differentiate fabricating false evidence from forgery
56. What is effect of provocation on murder
57. Death by Negligence
58. Suicide
59. Attempt to commit suicide
60. Explain the elements of offence of forgery with illustration
61. What is wrongful restraint? How it is different from wrongful confinement?
62. Discuss the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder
63. Stalking
64. R vs Tolson
UNIT – VII
65. Attempt to commit offences.
66. Explain the law relating to “Criminal attempt”. Give illustrations
PART-D
1. Benham requests his friend Anil to inject heroin. Anil did so and in consequences Benham
died. Anil was prosecuted for offence of murder. Decide the liability of Anil?
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2. A creditor takes movable property out of debtors possession without his consent, with the
intention of coercing him to pay his debt. Does the creditor commit any offence?
3. Anbil finds a valuable ring, not knowing to whom it belongs. Anbil sells it immediately
without attempting to discover the owner. Discuss the liability of Anbil?
4. Ayyanar digs a hole in Azhagan’s premises and places contraband articles in it so that the
discovery of the articles will incriminate Azhagan. Examine the liability of Ayyanar?
5. Kamalesh instigates Govind to burn Guru’s house. Govind sets fire to the house of Guru
and commits theft of the property of Guru. Discuss the liability of Kamalesh.
6. Rama under 18 years of age, being ill treated by her stepmother, goes and stays with
Kavitha, a women for two days. Is Kavitha liable for any offence?
7. ‘A’ draws a picture of ‘C’ running away with B’s watch, intending it to be believed that
‘C’ stole B’s watch. What is the offence committed by ‘A’?
8. ‘A’ and ‘B’ lovers decided to commit suicide since their parents do not give consent for
their marriage. Both of them jump into waterfalls. ‘B’ the girl dies but ‘A’ survives. Whether
‘A’ has committed any offence?
9. ‘A’ ran after the complainant with an axe in his hand. When he was only four paces from
the complainant the axe was snatched away from his hand. Has A committed any offence?
10. ‘A’ finds a valuable ring. Not knowing to whom it belongs ‘A’ sells it immediately
without attempting to discover the owner. Has ‘A’ committed any offence?
11. A cuts off trees standing on Government land. What is the offence committed by A?
12. ‘A’ sells milk adulterated with water to ‘B’ by saying that it is pure milk. Is ‘A’ guilty of
any offence. Discuss.
13. ‘A’ and ‘B’ who are swimming in the sea after a ship wreck get hold of a planck which is
not large enough to support two persons. ‘A’ pushes off ‘B’ who is drowned in the sea.
Discuss the liability of A.
14. A, B and three others went to the house of ‘X’ for committing robbery. A watched outside
as others went inside. When resistance is offered by X, B stabs him to death. Examine the
liability of A.
15. ‘A’ under the influence of intoxication, attempts to kill ‘B’. In order to save himself
shoots ‘A’ dead with his pistol. Discuss the criminal liability of B.
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16. ‘A’ a police officer tortures ‘B’ in order to induce ‘B’ to confess that he committed a
crime. Examine the liability of A.
17. ‘A’ a beggar who has been starving for the past one week requests B, a rich man, food to
eat, B reuses Wantonly. The next day ‘A’ dies due to hunger whether ‘B’ is liable for any
offence.
18. A borrows money from ‘B’ repromissing that he would repay it soon. ‘A’ had no
intention of repaying the money when he made the promise. Has ‘A’ committed any offence.
19. ‘A’ an officer of a court of justice, being ordered by that court to arrest ‘Y’. After due
enquiry believing ‘Z’ to be ‘Y’ he arrests ‘Z’. Whether ‘A’ has committed any offence.
20. ‘A’ a school master, corrects a scholar by giving punishment in a manner not intended or
likely to injure him, using due care. The scholar dies, What is the offence committed by the
school master?
21. ‘A’ a citizen of India instigates ‘B’, a foreigner in Pakistan, to commit a murder in
Pakistan. Is ‘A’ guilty of any offence.
22. ‘A’ knowing that her husband ‘B’ has committed dacoity, Knowing by conceals ‘B’ in
order to save him from punishment. What was the offence committed by ‘A’?
23. A patient named ‘B’ suffering from cancer, for which there was no hope to recover,
requests ‘C’, her husband, to relieve her of her agonies by shortening her life. ‘C’ therefore
kills ‘B’ one night while she is asleep. Is the husband liable for any offence?
24. ‘A’ intending to administer to a pregnant woman something capable of causing a
miscarriage, infact administers a harmless substance not capable of causing the intended
harm. Can ‘A’ be convicted for any offence.
25. A knows that B has committed an offence. A supplies food to him. Examine the liability
of A.
26. ‘A’, a woman, ran to a well stating that she would jump into it. She was caught before she
could do so. Whether ‘A’ is liable for any offence?
27. ‘A’ instigates ‘B’ to burn ‘C’s house. ‘B’ sets fire to the house and at the same time
commits theft of property there. Discuss the liability of ‘A’.
28. ‘A’ with the intention of causing the death of his child of 4 years old exposes it in a desert
place. The death of the child does not ensue. Discuss the liability of ‘A’.
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29. A and B go to the house of X for committing robbery. A watches outside as B goes
inside. When resistance is offered by X, B stabs him to death. Examine the liability of A.
30. ‘A’ enters Z’s house through an open window, for what offence is A liable?
31. A attempts to take the purse of ‘B’ who has a loaded pistol in his pocket. A touches the
trigger. The pistol goes off and B is killed. Has ‘A’ committed any offence.
32. X a child of six years, steals a gold necklace in a house and ‘A’ obtains that necklace,
from X Rs.10. Is ‘A’ guilty of any offence?
33. A, in India, instigates B, a foreigner in America, to commit a murder in London. Discuss
and decide the liability of A.
34. A lays out a net and catches fish from a portion of a river on which B has exclusive right
of fishing. Can A be prosecuted for theft?
35. ‘A’ takes up a stick saying to ‘Z’. “I will give you a beating”. Is ‘A’ liable for any
offence.
36. A finds a rupee on the high road, not knowing to whom it belongs. A picks the rupee.
Discuss the liability of A.
37. ‘A’ the wife harboured her husband knowing that he has committed a murder. What is the
offence committed by her.
38. ‘A’ a surgeon, in good faith communicates to a patient his opinion that the patient cannot
survive. The patient dies in consequence of the shock. Discuss the liability of the doctor.
39. A before going to the market, left his gun unloaded. ‘B’ in the meantime went out
shooting with the gun and left is loaded. ‘A’ on returning back took up the gun for cleaning,
while doing so the gun went off and killed his wife. Discuss the liability of A.
40. A has an apprehension that ‘B’ is going to kill him by witch-craft. In order to protect
himself ‘A’ kills ‘B’. Discuss the criminal liability of ‘A’.
41. ‘A’ falsely represented himself as ‘B’ at a university examination and got a hall ticket
under ‘B’s name and wrote the examination. Discuss the liability of ‘A’.
42. ‘A’ for the purpose of inducing ‘B’ to desist from prosecuting a civil suit, threatens to
burn ‘B’s house. What is the liability of ‘A’.
43. A with a guilty intention abets a lunatic to commit an act which would be offence. Here
the act abetted is not committed. Discuss the liability of A and the lunatic person.
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44. A makes a false entry in his shop book for the purpose of using it as corroborative
evidence in a court of justice. He A committed any offence?
45. A, a police officer, tortures Z, in order to induce Z to confess that he committed a crime.
Has A committed any offence?
46. A meets a bullock carrying a box of treasure. He drives a bullock in a certain direction, in
order that he may dishonestly take the treasure. The bullock begins to move in that direction.
What is the liability of A?
47. A see Z drop his purse with money in it. A picks up the purse with intention of restoring it
to Z but afterwards he used it for his own purpose. Has A committed any offence?
48. A, for the purpose of inducing B to desist from prosecuting a civil suit, threatens to burn
B’s house. What is the liability of A .
49. A' climbs a roof with the help of the ladder. 'B' quietly removes th Discuss 'B's liability.
50.'A' a person while snatching an ear stud wounded the woman's ear which led to bleeding
of the ear. Decide the offence committed by 'A'.
51. 'A' a doctor in good faith, communicates to a patient his opinion, that he cannot live.
Patient dies by shock. Decide the liability of 'A'.
