Round 2-ADR Quiz

Which of the following statements is true?

• A criminal case can be registered against unknown accused

• A criminal trial can be prosecuted against unknown accused

• A criminal case can be registered only against a known accused

• A criminal trial can only be prosecuted against unknown accused

Which of the following statements is true?

• Injury is any illegal harm to body or property only

• Injury is any illegal harm to body or mind only

• Injury is any illegal harm to body or reputation only

• Injury is any illegal harm to body, mind, reputation or property

Which of the following statements is true?

• Accused is defined in the IPC

• Accused is defined in the CrPC

• Accused is defined in the IEA

• Accused is not defined in the BNS, BNSS or BSA

Which of the following statements is true?

• Section 3(5) BNS requires a minimum of three persons to share the common intention

• Section 189(1) BNS requires a minimum of five persons to share the common object

• Section 189(1) BNS requires a minimum of three persons to share the common object

• Section 3(5) BNS requires a minimum of five persons to share the common intention

Which of the following statements is true?

• A person becomes a member of an unlawful assembly by being physically present in the assembly

• A person becomes a member of an unlawful assembly by intentionally continuing in the assembly knowing that it is unlawful

• A person becomes a member of an unlawful assembly by intentionally joining the assembly

• A person becomes a member of an unlawful assembly by stating that he is a member of the assembly

In Damodar v. State Air 2003, The Supreme Court upheld:

• An anonymous and cryptic message can be treated as an FIR

• An anonymous and cryptic message cannot be treated as an FIR

• An anonymous and cryptic message can be treated as an FIR if the informant has disclosed his identity

• None of the above

In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court of India express that a court can order the CBI to investigate a cognizable offence which is said to have been committed within the territory of a state without prior consultation which such state:

• CBI v. State of Rajasthan

• Devarapalli Lakshminarayana Reddy v. Narayana Reddy

• State of West Bengal v. Committee for Democratic Rights

• Vineet Narain v. CBI

The essential conditions for the dying declaration to be relevant include the:

e. 1. Statement is made by a person as to the cause of his death.

f. 2. Statement is made by a person as to any of the circumstances of the transaction which resulted in his death.

g. 3. Person must have been under expectation of death at the time of making the statement.

Which of the above propositions is/are correct?

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 3

• 1 and 3

• All of the above

In criminal cases under Section 62, Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), 2023 to prove that the defendant committed the crime charged, evidence may not be given that he:

• bore a bad reputation in the community

• has a disposition to commit crime of that kind

• had no other occasions committed particular acts of the same class evincing such disposition

• all of them

In which of the following cases did the court hold that a party who produces witnesses in court produces them as witnesses of truth; and simply because portions of their statements are not favourable to the party producing them, they cannot be condemned as biased witnesses?

• Gyasuddin Khan v. State of Bihar, AIR 2004 SC 201, para 12 : 2004 CrLJ 395

• Lekhraj v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1998 SC 242 : 1998 CrLJ 396.

• Gulabchand Ganbhiramal v. Kudilal Govindram, AIR 1959 MP 151 : 1961 CrLJ 55 (FB).

• Siddiqua v. Narcotics Control Bureau, 2007 CrLJ 1471, 1480 (para 17) (Del).