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IPC CAPSULE 2
5 50 PYQs
Section 120A :Criminal Conspiracy
1) offence
• Mere agreement amount to criminal conspiracy
2) Doing act prohibited by law
• Mere agreement is not sufficient – an overt act in furtherance
needs to be done
3) Doing act which gives rise to civil suit
Mere agreement is not sufficient – an overt act in furtherance
needs to be done
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE CONSPIRATORS TO HAVE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE OBJECTIVE
MUTUAL AGENCY
Punishable as an abettor
Section 120B :Punishment of criminal conspiracy
State of Maharashtra & Ors V Som Nath Thapa & Ors 1996
SC
• Attempts to do so
• By criminal force
(1) By words
spoken or written
(2) By signs
(1) Affray
(2) Unlawful assembly
(3) Rioting
(4) Enmity amongst different classes
SECTION 141 : Unlawful Assembly
5 or more people
With common intention to disturb public peace and tranquility
commit an unlawful offence
Object
• To use criminal force against any public servant, state or
central government.
• To resist any legal proceeding
• To commit any mischief or trespass on any property or
person.
• To use criminal force against any person to deprive him of
the enjoyment of any right
• To use criminal force against a person and compelling
him to do something which he is legally not bound to do.
They must have a Common Object
• The common object can be also formed at the spur of the moment
COMMON OBJECT COMMON
INTENTION
Prior meeting of Prior meeting of
minds is more minds is more
general and casual specific
Active participation is Active participation is
not essential essential
• Did offence
Constructive Liability
Every member at time of offence was member of Unlawful assembly
All Liable
REQUIREMENTS
Section 197:
Issuing or signing False certificate
Section 198:
Using as true a certificate Known to be false
Section 212 :
Harbours or conceals a person knows or
reason to believe to be the offender,
intention of screening him from legal
punishment
Section 216:
Harbouring offender
In custody
Escaped from custody
Section 216 A:
Penalty for harbouring robbers or dacoities
Punish : 7 years and fine
GIFT TO SCREEN OFFENDER
Section 213 :
Taking gift to screen offender
In consideration of concealing an offence ;or
Screening any person from legal punishment
Section 214:
Offers gift to screen offender
In consideration of concealing an offence, or
Screening any person from legal punishment
PROCEEDING RELATED TO
Section 217 :
Public servant disobeying direction of law with
intent to save person
Section 218 :
Public servant framing incorrect record or
writing with intent to save person
PROCEEDING RELATED TO
Section 219 :
Being a public servant, corruptly or maliciously
makes in judicial proceeding, any
report, order, verdict, or decision which he
knows to be contrary to law
Section 220:
Public servant Commit for trial, Corruptly
ARREST/CONFINEMENT RELATED
SECTION 220 :
Person having authority
Corruptly or maliciously commits person for trial or to
confinement, or
keeps any person in confinement,
ARREST/CONFINEMENT RELATED
SECTION 221 :
Public servant
Intentionally omits to apprehend person, or
Intentionally suffers such person to escape, or
Intentionally aids such person in escaping
ARREST/CONFINEMENT RELATED
SECTION 222 :
Section 221 + under sentence of a Court of Justice for any offence
ARREST/CONFINEMENT RELATED
SECTION 223 :
public servant
To keep in confinement any person charged
with or convicted of any offence
Negligently suffers such person to escape from
confinement
ARREST/CONFINEMENT RELATED
SECTION 227
Conditional remission of punishment,
knowingly violates any condition on which such
remission was granted
Shall be punished with the punishment to which he was
originally sentenced, if he has already suffered no part
of that punishment, and
if he has suffered any part of that punishment, then
with so much of that punishment as he has not already
suffered
FAILURE
SECTION 229A
By person released on bail or
Bond to appear in court
FAILURE
Section 228A
Disclosure of identity of the victim of certain offences
Prints or publishes the name
In cases of sexual offences
Q.1 In which section of the IPC, the definition of 'Criminal Conspiracy' is given?
2008-10
A Section 120
B Section 120A
C Section 120B
D Section 120D
Q.2 To constitute an offence of criminal conspiracy under Indian Penal Code, what
is the necessary condition to be proved?
2018
1999-05
A 2 or more persons
C Agreement to do illegal
act
D Legal act by illegal means
Q.4 "A" and "B" plan to murder "C", the next day. They are guilty of:
2011-12
D No offence
Q.5 Waging or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war against the
Government of India is punishable under ................... of the IPC
2012
A Section 121
B Section 132
C Section 122
D Section 124
Q.6 Under which of the following sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 a
conspiracy to wage war against the Government of India is punishable?
2013-16
A 120
B 120A
C 121A
D 121
Q.7 Which section of the Indian Penal Code defines 'sedition'?
2002-17
A Section 122
B Section 123
C Section 124
D Section 124A
Q.8 Which one of the following is an essential ingredient of sedition?
2008
A Dishonest intention
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A Section 141
B Section 146
C Section 149
D Section 159
Q.12 For an unlawful assembly, the minimum number of persons required is:
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07-10-12-13
A Ten
B Seven
C Five
D Three
Q.13 Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapons has been dealt with
under ........... of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
2015
A Section 141
B Section 142
C Section 143
D Section 144
Q.14 Rioting means use of force or violence by an unlawful assembly, or by a
member thereof, in prosecution of common object of such assembly, as per:
2014-15
A Affray
B Assault
C Rioting
D Unlawful assembly
Q.16 In Indian Penal Code, punishment for rioting is provided under:
2014
A Section 145
B Section 146
C Section 147
D Section 148
Q.17 Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 is:-
2006-16
A A declaratory provision
C A rule of evidence
A Section 151
B Section 153
C Section 153A
D Section 153B
Q.19 Under Indian Penal Code, 1860 the offence of affray has been defined in
2009-15-18
A Section 146
B Section 148
C Section 159
D Section 149
Q.20 Which offence does not require of minimum number of 5 persons?
2019
A Rioting
B Affray
C Dacoity
D None of these
Q.21 Which one of the following offences cannot be committed at a private place?
2006-10
A Murder
B Riot
C Assault
D Affray
Q.22 Personating a public servant is an offence:
2016
A Section 166
B Section 166-A
C Section 166-B
D Section 167
Q.24 "Bribery" is defined in:
2008
2010
A Section 171-A
B Section 171-B
C Section 171-C
D Section 171-D
Q.26 A, a candidate at an election propagated that he was Chalanti Vishnu and
representative of Lord Jagannath himself and that any one who does not vote
2007
for him would be sinner against the Lord and the Hindu religion:
A Section 172
B Section 173
C Section 174
D Section 175
Q.28 Penalty for non-appearance in a case where a declaration has been made
under Section 82(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 pronouncing a
2016
person as a proclaimed offender is provided under
A Section 177
B Section 173
C Section 174
D Section 175
Q.30 A, a landholder, knowing of a murder committed within the limits of his estate,
willfully mis-in-forms the Magistrate of the District that the death has occurred
2012 by accident in consequence of the bite of a snake. A is guilty of the offence
under
A Section 177
B Section 179
C Section 178
D Section 182
Q.31 'A' refuse to answer a question which is relevant to the subject concerning
which the public servant is authorized to inquire. 'A' is liable to be punished:
2007
2019
A Section 191
B Section 192
C Section 193
D Section 197
Q.33 Consider the following statements:
1. Having been bound by law to state the truth, a person makes a false
2008
statement in a proceeding before a public servant.
2. Having been legally bound by an oath to state the truth a person
makes a false statement before a court of justice.
Which of the above will amount to giving false evidence?
A 1 only
B 2 only
C Both 1 and 2
D Neither 1 nor 2
Q.34 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,
2015
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 have committed
A Contempt of court
A Section 191
B Section 193
C Section 192
2009
C Committed forgery
A Section 228
B Section 228A
C Section 376A
D Section 376B
Q.42 Chapter XII of the Indian Penal Code deals:
2008
A 234
B 235
C 236
D 237
Q.44 The punishment for general form of Public Nuisance is provide in
2006
2018
A Is not an offence
A Assault
C Criminal intimidation
D Obscenity
Q.47 If a person, with a knowledge that the feelings of a group of people is likely to
be wounded, trespasses a place set apart for the performance of funeral rights,
Year
he commits a crime described under Section-
Year
A 14
B 15
C 16
D 17
Q.48 Which of the following chapters deal with offences relating to religion?
Year
A 14
B 15
C 16
D 17
Q.49 Which of the following chapters deal with offences relating to Elections?
Year
A 14
B 15
C 9-A
D 17
Q.50 Which of the following chapters deal with offences relating to Army Navy?
Year
A 7
B 15
C 16
D 17