UPSC

5241. The offence of criminal conspiracy lies not in doing the act or effecting the purposes for which the conspiracy is formed but in the forming of the scheme between the parties. A criminal conspiracy consists of:

A. An intentional act of one person with the connivance of another
B. An agreement of two or more persons to do an unlawful act or a lawful act by unlawful means.
C. Common intention of two or more persons to achieve an unlawful object
D. Two or more persons inducing a minor to commit an offence.
✅ The correct answer is option B.

5242. Which one of the following statements is true in relation to the offence of abetment?

A. It is not necessary that the offence for which abetment is alleged should have been committed.
B. Unless an offence is successfully committed, there is no question of abetment
C. For the offence of abetment to be established, the abettor should have been proved to have done something at the time.
D. For the offence of abetment to be established, the abettor should have been proved to have done something at the time of commission of the offence itself to help its commission.
✅ The correct answer is option A.

5243. The abetment of offence is completed as soon:

A. The offence abetted has been committed
B. The abettor has incited another person to commit an offence
C. The person abetted has done some overt act towards the commission of the offence
D. All the above acts have taken place.
✅ The correct answer is option B.

5245. Abetment of an offence is

A. Always an offence.
B. Never an offence
C. May be an offence depending on the circumstances but not always
D. None.
✅ The correct answer is option A.

5248. Abetment is caused by :

A. Instigating a person to an offence.
B. Intentionally aiding a person to commit it.
C. Engaging in a conspiracy to commit it.
D. All of these.
✅ The correct answer is option D.

5249. Give incorrect response. Criminal conspiracy means :

A. An agreement between two or more persons to do or cause to be done a legal or an illegal act by improper means.
B. An agreement between two or more persons to do an illegal act.
C. An agreement between two or more persons to do an act, which though not illegal by illegal means.
D. An agreement between two or more persons to commit an offence.
✅ The correct answer is option A.

5250. Give best response. A suggests B to give false evidence. B in consequence of the suggestion commits that offence :

A. A is guilty of abetting the offence and is liable to the same punishment as B because mere suggestion amounts to instigation.
B. A is guilty of abetting the offence committed by B because mere suggestion amounts to instigation but B will not be liable for any offence.
C. A commits no offence because mere suggestion to some one to do an illegal act is not an offence but B is liable under section 193 I.P.C.
D. A commits no offence but B is liable for giving false evidence under section 193 I.P.C.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
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