Indian Penal Code (IPC 1860) MCQs

Give correct response. A was charged with the murder of his wife, takes the defence of insanity and in the alternative of being drunk at the time of commission of the crime and being thus incapable of forming the intent required in murder. It is also pleaded in defence that the accused was a psychopath. The evidence further discloses that the accused had indicated an intention to kill his wife before taking alcohol. Here :

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A. A is liable for murder, because the rule is that if the accused had been too drunk to form an intention to kill or do grievous bodily harm, he would, nevertheless have been guilty of manslaughter, either because he intended to commit a battery upon his wife or else because he would have been guilty of gross negligence.
B. A is liable for murder because he had indicated his intention to kill his wife before taking alcohol.
C. Since a was so deeply intoxicated that he was incapable of forming the criminal intent required in murder, therefore, A was not liable.
D. A is not liable for murder because the rule is that when due to alcoholic excess actual insanity supervenes, although temporarily, at the time of commission of the act, the prisoner is not to be held guilty for the act.
✅ The correct answer is option A.

Point out incorrect response. The following cases are covered by the exception from criminal liability as contained in section 89 I.P.C. :

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A. A, in good faith, for his child’s benefit, has his child cut for the stone by a surgeon knowing it to be likely that the operation will cause the child’s death but not intending to cause the child’s death.
B. A, in good faith, for his child’s pecuniary benefit emasculates his child.
C. A confines his child for its benefit.
D. A whips his child moderately for the child’s benefit
✅ The correct answer is option B.

Give incorrect response. In order to avail the defence of section 88 I.P.C. :

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A. Act must be done in good faith and without ay intention to cause death or to cause any harm as may result in death.
B. Act must be done with the consent of the sufferer whether consent is express or implied.
C. Act must be done in good faith and without intention to cause death though it might have been done with the intention such harm as may result in death.
D. The act done must be for the benefit of the person who suffers injury.
✅ The correct answer is option A.

A VADHYA not qualified as medical practitioner perform a major operation with the consent of that person :

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A. He is not entitled as such vadhya can hardly be said to act in good faith.
B. He is entitled to get benefit because he knows that it is likely to cause his death.
C. He is not entitled to the benefit because he knows that it is likely to cause his death.
D. None of the above.
✅ The correct answer is option A.