UPHJS Exam, 2019 (Pre)—100 One-liners on Indian Penal Code, 1860
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| (1) INTRODUCTORY | |
| 1.1 | The IPC is subject matter of the Concurrent List (Part-III) of the Indian Constitution. The legislature has power to make law relating to Criminal Law (including IPC) under Entry No.—-?—Entry No.1. |
| 1.2 | The Cr.P.C. is an adjective law while IPC is a –substantive law |
| 1.3 | The preamble of the IPC is to provide— a general Penal Code for India |
| 1.4 | The IPC was enacted on –6th October 1860 |
| 1.5 | Total Sections in IPC are ?—511 Sections |
| 1.6 | Total chapters in IPC are—23 Chapters |
| 1.7 | The IPC extends to—the whole India except J & K [Section 1] |
| 1.8 | The President of India and the Governors are exempted from criminal liability under Article—Article 361 of the Indian Constitution. |
| (2) GENERAL EXPLANATIONS | |
| 2.1 | Which Section of the IPC provides that throughout the Code every definition of an offence, every penal provision, and every illustration of every such definition or penal provision, shall be understood subject to the “General Exceptions”—Section 6 |
| 2.2 | The terms judge has been defined under Section—Section 19 |
| 2.3 | A Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in respect of a charge on which he has power only to commit for trial to another Court, is—not a Judge [Illustration to Section 19] |
| 2.4 | A Municipal Commissioner is a—public servant [Section 21] |
| 2.5 | Movable property under IPC defined under Section?—Section 22 [The words “movable property” are intended to include corporeal property of every description, except (i) land and (ii) things attached to the earth or (iii) permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the earth] |
| (3) PUNISHMENTS | |
| 3.1 | Originally, there were ___kinds of punishment under IPC. Now, there are___kinds of punishment—6; 5 [Section 53] |
| 3.2 | True/ False: In every case in which sentence of death shall have been passed, the appropriate Government may, with the consent of the offender, commute the punishment—False [sentence may be commuted without the consent of the offender—Section 54] |
| 3.3 | In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for_______years—twenty years [Section 57] |
| 3.4 | When the offence is punishable with fine only, the nature of imprisonment which the court impose in default of payment of fine shall be—Simple imprisonment [Section 67] |
| 3.5 | Maximum limit of solitary confinement to be?—Three months [Section73] |
| (4) GENERAL EXCEPTIONS | |
| 4.1 | A, a soldier, fires on a mob by the order of his superior officer, in conformity with the commands of the law. A has committed—No offence [Illustration to Section 76] |
| 4.2 | A, an officer of a Court of Justice, being ordered by that Court to arrest Y, and after due enquiry, believing Z to be Y, arrests Z. A has committed –No offence [Illustration to Section 76] |
| 4.3 | A is at work with a hatchet; the head flies off and kills a man who is standing by. Here, if there was no want of proper caution on the part of A, his act is excusable and not an offence and he has protection under Section—Section 80 |
| 4.4 | Nothing is an offence which is done by a child (doli incapex) under_____ of age?—7 years [Section 82] |
| 4.5 | For defence of intoxication, to escape criminal liability, the intoxication—administered against his will or knowledge [Section 85] |
| (5) ABETMENT | |
| 5.1 | The offence of abatement has been dealt with under Chapter—Chapter V |
| 5.2 | True/ False: The abetment of the illegal omission of an act may amount to an offence provided the abettor must himself be bound to do that act—False [Explanation 1 to Section 108] |
| 5.3 | True/ False: To constitute the offence of abetment it is necessary that the act abetted should be committed, or that the effect requisite to constitute the offence should be caused—False [Explanation 1 to Section 108] |
| 5.4 | A instigates B to murder C. B refuses to do so. Here, A is—guilty of abetting B to commit murder [Illus to Section 108] |
| 5.5 | A instigates B to murder D. B in pursuance of the instigation stabs D. D recovers from the wound. Here, A is guilty of— instigating B to commit murder [Illus to Section 108]. |
| 5.6 | When an Act is abetted and a different act is done, the abettor is liable for the act done—in the same manner and to the same extent as if he had directly abetted it [Section 111] |
| (6) CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY | |
| 6.1 | Chapter V-A of IPC deals with the—Criminal Conspiracy |
| 6.2 | Chapter V-A relating to conspiracy was not originally present in the IPC and was inserted in the year—1913 |
| 6.3 | Criminal conspiracy is defined under Section—Section 120-A |
| 6.4 | When two or more persons agree to do, or cause to be done, (1) an illegal act, or (2) (2) an act which is not illegal by illegal means, such an agreement is designated as—Criminal conspiracy [Section 120-A] |
| 6.5 | True/ False: No agreement except an agreement to commit an offence shall amount to a criminal conspiracy unless some act besides the agreement is done by one or more parties to such agreement in pursuance thereof—True [Proviso to Section 120-A] |
| 6.6 | While punishing someone for criminal conspiracy it is material/ relevant as to whether the illegal act that was agreed upon is the ultimate object of such agreement, or is merely incidental to that object—False [Explanation to Section 120-A] |
| 6.7 | Criminal conspiracy is punishable under Section—Section 120-B |
| (7) OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE | |
| 7.1 | Waging war against the Government of India or attempts to wage such war, or abets the waging of such war is a punishable offence under Section—Section 121 |
| 7.2 | Whoever wages war against the Government of India, or attempts to wage such war, or abets the waging of such war, shall be punished with—Death, or imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to fine [Section 121] |
| 7.3 | A joins an insurrection against the Government of India. A has committed the offence defined under Section—Section 121 |
| 7.4 | Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121 is a punishable offence under Section—Section 121A |
| 7.5 | True/ False: While attracting punishment for conspiracy of waging war against Government it is not necessary that any act or illegal omission shall take place in pursuance thereof—True [Explanation to Section 121-A] |
| 7.6 | True/ False: A State prisoner or prisoner of war, who is permitted to be at large on his parole within certain limits in 3[India], is said to escape from lawful custody if he goes beyond the limits within which he is allowed to be at large—True [Explanation to Section 130] |
| (8) OFFENCES RELATING TO ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE | |
| 8.1 | Wearing garb or carrying token used by soldier, sailor or airman is a punishable offence under Section—Section 140 |
| (9) OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC TRANQUILITY | |
| 9.1 | For unlawful assembly (विधिविरुद्ध जमाव/ULA) the number of persons must be—Five or more [Section 141] |
| 9.2 | True/ False: Initial unlawfulness of assembly is not necessary. An assembly which was not unlawful when it assembled, may subsequently become an ULA—True [Explanation to Section 141] |
| 9.3 | Whoever is a member of an ULA, shall be punished with—imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both [Section 143]. |
| 9.4 | Rioting (बल्वा) is defined under Section—Section 146 |
| 9.5 | Whenever a force of violence is used by an ULA, or any member thereof, in prosecution of the common object of such assembly, every member of such assembly is guilty of the offence of—Rioting [Section 146] |
| 9.6 | Affray (दंगा) is defined under Section—Section 159 |
| (10) OFFENCES BY OR RELATING TO PUBLIC SERVANTS | |
| 10.1 | Whoever, being a public servant, knowingly disobeys any direction of the law as to the way in which he is to conduct himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will by such disobedience, cause injury to any person is a punishable offence under Section—Section 166 |
| 10.2 | A, being an officer directed by law to take property in execution, in order to satisfy a decree pronounced in Z’s favour by a Court of Justice, knowingly disobeys that direction of law, with the knowledge that he is likely thereby to cause injury to Z. A has committed the offence defined under Section—Section 166 |
| 10.3 | Personating a public servant (लोक सेवक का प्रतिरूपण)is a punishable offence under Section—Section 170 |
| (11) OFFENCES RELATING TO ELECTIONS | |
| 11.1 | Offences relating to election has been dealt with under Chapter—Chapter IX-A |
| 11.2 | True/ False: “Electoral right” means the right of a person to stand, or not to stand as, or to withdraw from being, a candidate or to vote or refrain from voting at an election—True [Section 171-A(b)]. |
| (12) CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS | |
| 12.1 | Contempt of lawful authority of public servant has been dealt with under Chapter—Chapter X |
| 12.2 | A, being legally bound to produce a document/ electronic record before a District Court, intentionally omits to produce the same. A has committed the offence defined under Section—Section 175 |
| (13) FALSE EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE | |
| 13.1 | False evidence (मिथ्या साक्ष्य) has been defined under Section—Section 191 |
| 13.2 | Whoever, being legally bound by an oath or by an express provision of law to state the truth, or being bound by law to make a declaration upon any subject, makes any statement which is false, and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, is said to give—False evidence [Section 191]. |
| 13.3 | Punishment for giving false evidence has been prescribed under Section—Section 193 |
| 13.4 | A, in support of a just claim which B has against Z for Rs.1,000, falsely swears on a trial that he heard Z admit the justice of B’s claim. A has given false evidence in ter,s of definition under Section 191 and will be punished under Section______for giving false evidence—Section 193 |
| 13.5 | Section 195-A (threatening any person to give false evidence) is punishable with— imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both. |
| (14) OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN AND GOVERNMENT STAMPS | |
| 14.1 | The terms “coin” (सिक्का) and “Indian Coin” has been defined under Section—Section 230 |
| 14.2 | Whether cowries (कौड़िया) coin—No [Section 230] |
| 14.3 | Whether lumps (टुकड़े) of unstamped copper, though used as money, are coin—No [Section 230] |
| 14.4 | Medals are not coin, inasmuch as they are— not intended to be used as money [Section 230] |
| (15) OFFENCES RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES | |
| 15.1 | All offences relating to weight and measures including fraudulent use of false instrument for weighing (Section 264); fraudulent use of false weight or measure (Section 265); being in possession of false weight or measure (Section 266); making or selling false weight or measure (267) are punishable with—Imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both. |
| (16) OFFENCES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE, DECENCY AND MORALS | |
| 16.1 | Public nuisance is defined under Section—Section 268 |
| 16.2 | True/ False: A common nuisance is excused on the ground that it causes some convenience or advantage—False [Section 268] |
| 16.3 | Which section of the IPC makes fouling water of public spring or reservoir a punishable offence—Section 277 |
| 16.4 | Whoever commits a public nuisance in any case not otherwise punishable under IPC, shall be punished with—fine which may extend to two hundred rupees [Section 290]. |
| (17) OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGION | |
| 17.1 | Offences relating to religion are dealt with under Chapter—Chapter 15 |
| 17.2 | Injuring or defiling place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class is a punishable offence under Section—Section 295 |
| (18) OFFENCES AFFECTINGTHE HUMAN BODY | |
| 18.1 | Whether preparation to commit murder is—Not punishable |
| 18.2 | Which Section of IPC has been declared unconstitutional but still exist academically in IPC—Section 303 [Murder by life -convict] |
| 18.3 | An injury not sufficient to cause in the ordinary course of business death but the said injury was inflicted with the knowledge that that it is likely to cause death is punishable under—Section 304 Part II of IPC |
| 18.4 | Whoever is a thug, shall be punished with—imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine [Section 311] |
| 18.5 | A hurt becomes grievous hurt, if the suffer is in severe bodily pain or is unable to follow the ordinary pursuits for ______days?—20 days [Section320] |
| 18.6 | What are Sections 339 and 340?—Wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement respectively |
| (19) OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY | |
| 19.1 | Offences relating to property are dealt with under Chapter—Chapter 17 |
| 19.2 | Theft and extortion are defined under Sections—Sections 378 and 383 respectively |
| 19.3 | Robbery and dacoity are defined under Sections—Sections 390 and 391 respectively |
| 19.4 | Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person’s consent, moves that property in order to such taking, is said to commit the offence of—Theft [Section 378] |
| 19.5 | Preparation to commit dacoity is punishable offence under Section—Section 399 |
| 19.6 | The nature of imprisonment for preparation to commit dacoity is—Rigorous imprisonment upto 10 years and fine both. [Section 399] |
| 19.7 | The offence cheating is defined under Section—Section 415 |
| 19.8 | For an offence of cheating, the intention to cheat should be present—From very beginning |
| (20) OFFENCES RELATING TO DOCUMENTS AND PROPERTY MARKS | |
| 20.1 | Forgery has been defined under—Section 463 |
| 20.2 | A mark used for denoting that movable property belongs to a particular person is called a— property mark [Section 479] |
| (21) CRIMINAL BREACH OF CONTRACTS OF SERVICE | |
| 21.1 | Criminal breach of contract of service has been dealt with under Chapter—Chapter 19. |
| 21.2 | Whoever, being bound by a lawful contract to attend on or to supply the wants of any person who, by reason of youth, or of unsoundness of mind, or of a disease or bodily weakness, is helpless or incapable of providing for his own safety or of supplying his own wants, voluntarily omits so to do, has committed an offence under Section—Section 491 |
| (22) OFFENCES RELATING TO MARRIAGE | |
| 22.1 | Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief, shall be punished with—imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine [Section 493] |
| 22.2 | Bigamy is an offence under Section—Section 494 |
| (23) CRUELTY BY HUSBAND OR RELATIVES OF HUSBAND | |
| 23.1 | CHAPTER XXA relating to cruelty by husband or his relatives were inserted by amendment in the year—1983 |
| 23.2 | Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with—imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine [Section 498-A] |
| (24) DEFAMATION | |
| 24.1 | Defamation has been defined under—Section 499 |
| 24.2 | It may amount to defamation to impute anything to a deceased person, if the imputation— would harm the reputation of that person if living, and is intended to be hurtful to the feelings of his family or other near relatives [Explanation 1 to Sec.499] |
| (25) CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION, INSULT AND ANNOYANCE | |
| 25.1 | Whoever threatens another with any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause alarm to that person, or to cause that person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do any act which that person is legally entitled to do, as the means of avoiding the execution of such threat, commits—Criminal intimidation [Section 503] |
| 25.2 | A, for the purpose of inducing B to resist from prosecuting a civil suit, threatens to burn B’s house. A is guilty of the offence of—Criminal intimidation [Section 503] |
| 25.3 | What is Section 506—Punishment for criminal intimidation |
| 25.3 | Misconduct in public by a drunken person is punishable offence and shall be punished with—simple imprisonment upto twenty-four hours, or with fine which may extend to ten rupees, or with both [Section 510] |
| (26) ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT OFFENCES | |
| 26.1 | A makes an attempt to steal some jewels by breaking open a box, and finds after so opening the box, that there is no jewel in it. He has done an act towards the commission of theft, and therefore is guilty under Section—Section 511 |
| 26.2 | A makes an attempt to pick the pocket of Z by thrusting his hand into Z’s pocket. A fails in the attempt in consequence of Z’s having nothing in his pocket. A is guilty under Section—Section 511 |
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