AILET entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for Legal Reasoning

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Who headed the First Law Commission which drafted the Indian Penal Code in 1860?

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Assertion (A):  X and Y independently entertained the idea to kill Z. Accordingly, each of them separately inflicted wounds on Z who died as a consequence. X and Y are liable for murder under IPC since they had a common intention to kill.
Reason (R): When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable as if the whole act was done by him alone.

The next three questions consist of two statements, one labeled as 'Assertion' (A) and other as 'Reason' (R). You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer.

Assertion (A): The essence of joint liability under section 149 of the IPC is that the criminal act must have been done with a view to fulfill the common object of an unlawful assembly.

Reason (R): Any sudden and provocative act done by a member of an unlawful assembly would render the other members of that assembly liable.

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Principle:

1. If one threatens another to commit any act forbidden by the Indian Penal Code likely to harm anyone thereby causing him(one who is thus threatened) to enter into an agreement with anyone; the agreement thus entered into is void.
2. An attempt to commit suicide is an act forbidden by the Indian Penal Code.

Facts: Gopaldas who is very fond of his nephew Jitendra, a bright law graduate; promises to gift him a plot of land if the latter joined his friend Atmaram’s law firm as an associate. Jitendra joins Atmaram’s firm but before Gopaldas could proceed, his elder son Akash who was in need of money threatened to commit suicide if Gopaldas did not sell the plot of land. Gopaldas entered into an agreement to sell the plot of land and gave the money he received as advance; to Akash.

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Capital offences result in

Which one of the following is not essential for an offence?

Which one of the following is not valuable security?

In which of the following mens rea has been considered to be an essential element of an offence?

Common Intention means

Nothing is an offence which is done by a child of –

A makes an attempt to pick the pocket of B by thrusting his hand into B’s pocket. A fails in attempt in consequence of B’s having nothing in his pocket. A is guilty of–(M.P.C.J.)

A finds a purse with money not knowing to whom it belongs he afterward discovers that it belongs to B and appropriates to his own use. A is guilty of –

A commits house-trespass by entering Z’s house through a window it is –

A cheats by pretending to be B, a person who is deceased. A commit –

There is no offence of adultery if it is committed, with the consent of –

What punishment may be awarded to the person, whose act is covered under general exceptions?

Insanity is -

A instigates B to give false evidence here if B does not give false evidence what offence A has committed?

Minimum number of persons required to commit an affray is –

A puts his hand in pocket B for stealing money but the pocket was empty. A is guilty of –