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5401. Consider the following statements: To justify as a defence to a charge of crime: 1. Irresistible impulse per se is no defence to a charge of crime. 2. Diminished responsibility is a defence to a charge of a crime. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. Neither 1 nor 2.

✅ The correct answer is option A.

5402. A an officer of a Court is ordered by the Court to affect the arrest of P. But believing Q to be P. He arrests Q A is guilty of:

A. Illegal arrest

B. No offence if after enquiries he arrested Q.

C. Wrongful restraint

D. Wrongful confinement.

✅ The correct answer is option B.

5403. A met with an accident and became unconscious. He was taken to the hospital by the police and there was none of identify him. The surgeon performed an operation on him to save him but A died. The police prosecuted the surgeon for murder on a complaint by A’s relative. Since it was an act done in:

A. Good faith no offence was committed.

B. Good faith done for the benefit of the deceased, on offence was committed.

C. Good faith and for the benefit of A, and it was impossible to get consent in time, the surgeon is not liable.

D. Saving the life and under professional ethics, he is not liable.

✅ The correct answer is option C.

5404. A person who commits an offence in a state of voluntary intoxication shall be liable to be dealt with as if he had:

A. The same intention as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.

B. The same knowledge as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.

C. The same intention and knowledge as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.

D. Not the same intention and knowledge as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.

✅ The correct answer is option B.

5405. X is a good swimmer He finds Y, a child of seven years of age, drowning in a canal. He could have saved the child but did not do so. The child is drowned, X is guilty of:

A. No offence

B. Murder

C. Abetment of suicide

D. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

✅ The correct answer is option A.

5406. Voluntary intoxication:

A. Makes an offence more serious or increase the gravity of an offence.

B. Is a weak defence to a criminal charge

C. Is no excuse for the commission of an offence

D. Reduces the gravity of all the offences.

✅ The correct answer is option C.

5407. Imprisonment for non-payment of fine shall terminate

A. On payment of fine.

B. On expiry of the term of imprisonment for non-payment.

C. Both (a) and (b)

D. None.

✅ The correct answer is option C.

5408. Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who a:

A. 60-year-old man

B. 6-year-old boy

C. 12-year-old girl

D. 18-year-old girl.

✅ The correct answer is option B.

5409. Under section 65 of IPC sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine shall be limited to

A. One third of the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence.

B. One-fourth of the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence.

C. One-half of the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence.

D. None.

✅ The correct answer is option B.

5410. An act will not be an offence, done by:

A. Accident or misfortune.

B. Accident or misfortune, without any criminal intention or knowledge.

C. Accident or misfortune, without any criminal intention or knowledge of a lawful act in a lawful manner.

D. Accident or misfortune, without any criminal intention or knowledge of a lawful act in a lawful manner by lawful means, and with proper care and caution.

✅ The correct answer is option D.