LAW NOTES FOR JUDICIAL EXAM

1.If a police officer commits rape in the premises of any police station, he can be punished ---
  • Under Section 376(1)
  • Under Section 376(2)(a)


2. The case of Sawal Das vs State of Bihar is related to
    Ans: Rule of res gestae

3. Under Section 43 of the I.P.C, the word "illegal" is not applicable to everything -
4. A confession by an accused can be used against a co-accused under section 30 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 
  • only a corroborative evidence
  • as hearsay evidence

5. It embodies what the English authors describe as the doctrine of transferred malice.
  • Section 301 IPC
  • Section 34 IPC
6."Et actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea" means          Ans: an act does not make a person legally guilty unless the mind is legally blameworthy. 

7. “actus me 
invito factus non est mens actus”.  

     Ans: an act done by me against my will is 
not my act. 


8. "It is of utmost importance for the protection of liberty of the subject that a 
court should always bear in mind that, unless a statute either clearly or by necessary 
implication rules out mens rea as a constituent part of a crime, the court should not find 
a man guilty of an offence against the criminal law unless he has a guilty mind. It is a 
necessary element of the crime and it advocated that the criminal act must be voluntary 
or purposeful. Mens rea is almost always a necessary component in order to prove that 
an unlawful act has been committed," has been held in which case?
     Ans: Brend v. Wood

9. Mens rea involves moral blame, and means a guilty mind said by 
    Ans: Stallybrass

 10. Mens rea consists of 
  • the
    intent to do an act 
  • knowledge of the circumstances also that makes that 
    act a criminal offence
  • both



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