222. Which of the following statements is correct?

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A. Inevitable accident is not a defence at all but only a denial of liability.
B. Inevitable accident is not a denial of liability but only a defence
C. Inevitable accident is both defence and denial of liability
D. Inevitable accident is a chance event and can neither be a defence not a denial of liability.
✅ The correct answer is option C.

221. Give correct response. In most of the defences, which a person being prosecuted for the commission of a crime, may plead, it is essential that the act alleged must have been done in good faith. Good faith means:

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A. A simple and actual belief that the act is not contrary to law and whether a reasonable man would have done that act.
B. An act in fact done honestly whether it is done negligently or not.
C. A reasonable and bonafide belief that the act done is not contrary to law and an act done with
D. Logical infallibility in so far as the doing of act is concerned.
✅ The correct answer is option C.

220. Give correct response. A, the accused was an educated person living in a town where medical attendance was available, chained up his brother, who was suffering from periodical fits of violent insanity, for over three months in a unnecessarily cruel manner. Held that:

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A. The accused acted in good faith because every reasonable man would have acted in a similar way in those circumstances.
B. The accused acted in good faith for the benefit of his brother and was, therefore, not liable.
C. The accused acted in good faith because whatever he did was, in his judgment, in the interest of his brother and he reasonably believed that it was for his good, more over the chaining was without any malice or mens rea.
D. The accused did not act in good faith because he failed to exercise due care and attention in as much as he did not avail of the medical care, instead hastened to subject the victim to undue cruelty.
✅ The correct answer is option D.

219. Sec. 76 says — Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is or who by reason of :

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A. Mistake of fact believes himself to be right to do it.
B. Mistake of fact believes himself to be bound by law to do it.
C. Mistake of law in good faith believe himself to be bound by law to do it.
D. Mistake of fact in good faith believes himself to be bound by law to do it.
✅ The correct answer is option D.

232. Give incorrect response. The following are essentials of defence of mistake of fact under section 76 of the Penal Code:

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A. In mistake there must be an act done by a person who is either bound by law or believes himself to be bound by law in doing an act.
B. Mistake may either relate to a fact or to law.
C. The belief must be by reason of a mistake of a fact.
D. Belief must be a bonafide belief in good faith.
✅ The correct answer is option B.