WRITTEN EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF CIVIL JUDGES (JR.DIVISION)
CRIMINAL LAW
29th June 2008
Time: 03 hours Max. Marks 100
All Questions are compulsory and all questions carry equal marks.
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- Explain the hierarchy of Criminal Courts and their powers to pass sentence in India.
- How Cognizance of an offence is taken by a magistrate? When can the magistrate direct the police to register the offence?
- a) For every offence there is a separate charge and every such charge will be tried separately. What are the exceptions to the above said rule?
- b) Under Cr.P.C how many types of trials are being conducted? Explain briefly?
- a) Person can be convicted or acquitted not to be tried again for the same offence, Explain.
- b) Who is an accomplice and what is the evidentiary value of his statement?
- Explain the distinction between :a) Wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement
- b) Affray and Rioting c) Common object and Common intention
- d) Criminal misappropriation and Criminal breach of trust.
- Define and give a detailed account of the essence of cheating with Illustrations?
7 a) What are the newly incorporated sections in Evidence Act with regard to Presumption and explain?
- b) Who is a Hostile witness and whether his evidence can be relied upon? If so to what extent?
8) What is the purpose of the examination of the accused under S.313 Cr.P.C?
- b) What is the effect of delay in lodging FIR?
- c) How much information received from the accused may be proved against him?
- d) What is the conclusive proof?
- e) All confessions are admissions but all admissions are not confessions. Explain.
9.a) What is consent and how consent discharges a person from criminal liability?
- b) What are the essentials of kidnapping how is it different from abduction?
- a) What will be the effect if a cheque is issued for a time barred debt and its dishnour?
- b) Whether a compliant with regard to dishnour of a Cheque is not maintainable on the ground that the accused had already filed an insolvency petition?
- Explain the legal effect of dying declaration. What would be the legal consequences when different dying declarations are made to different persons?
- A proceeding under S.125 Cr.P.C is in the nature of the claim of civil right of wife, children and parents upon any person having sufficient means to maintain- Explain.
- What are the ingredients to constitute an offence under Section.498A IPC?