Answer all the questions.

Q1 –Q3 needs to be answered with reasoning.

Q1. A intending to kill B shoots at him but the shot got missed and accidentally hurt C
whom A never intended to injure. C dies on the spot. What offence does A committed?

Ans. A was doing an unlawful act but he was not guilty of culpable homicide under section
299 of IPC, as he did not intend to kill C or to cause death by doing an act that he knew was
likely to cause death.

Q2. A is lawfully arrested by B, a police officer. A got excited by sudden and violent
arrest and kills B. Has A committed any offence?

Ans. The offence committed by A is murder under Section 300 of IPC. The provocation is
not sought or voluntarily provoked by the offender as an excuse for killing or doing harm to
any person and provocation is not given by anything done in obedience to the law or by a
public servant in the lawful exercise of the powers of such public servant.

Q3. “X” drives very fast through a crowded road to catch a flight, knowing that his
actions in all probability may cause death. “Y” is killed by his vehicle. Has “X”
committed any offence?

Ans. X has committed the offence of culpable homicide under section 299 of IPC as he
caused the death of Y by doing an act with the knowledge that he is likely by such act to
cause death.

Q4.  In which one of the following cases the Supreme Court has held unconstitutional to
section 303 of the IPC?

A. Aruna Ramchandra shanbaug versus Union of India

B.  Gyan Kaur vs the State of Punjab
C.  Mithu Singh versus the State of Punjab
D.  Bachan Singh vs the State of Punjab

Q5. Right to private defence extends to

A.  defence of the body only

B. Defence of property only
C.  defence of body and property both
D.  none of the above

Q6. Under section 320 of Indian penal code which of the following kinds of hurt is not
designated as Grievous Hurt

A. Emasculation
B. Privation of any joint
C. permanent disfiguration of the chest
D.  dislocation of tooth

Q7. Section 87 of IPC is based on the legal Maxim of

 A. De minimis non-curat Lex
B.  volenti non-fit injuria
C.  actus non facit reum nisi mens sit Rea
D. Doli incapax

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