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Consists of legal proposition(s)/ principle(s) (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. Such principles may or may not be true in the real and legal sense, yet you have to conclusively assume them to be true for the purposes of this Section. In other words, in answering these questions, you must not rely on any principle except the principles that are given herein below for every question.
Further, you must not assume any facts other than those stated in the question. The objective of this section is to test your interest in the study of law, research aptitude, and problem-solving ability, even if the 'most reasonable conclusion' arrived at may be absurd or unacceptable for any other reason. It is not the objective of this section to test your knowledge of the law.
Therefore, to answer a question, the principle is to be applied to the given facts and to choose the most appropriate option.
Principle: Whoever takes away with him any minor less than sixteen years of age if a male, or less than eighteen years of age if a female, out of the custody of parents of such minor without the consent of such parents, is said to commit no offence.
Facts: ‘A’, a man, took away a girl below sixteen years to Mumbai without informing the parents of the girl.
Options
'A' committed an offence against the girl as well as her parents
'A' committed an offence against the girl.
'A' committed no offence against the parents of the girl.
'A' committed no offence against the girl as well as her parents.
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Solution
'A' committed no offence against the girl as well as her parents.
Explanation:
'A' committed no offence against the girl as well as her parents. According to the principle, 'A' took away a girl below sixteen years to Mumbai without her consent has committed no offence.
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