Indian Penal Code (IPC 1860) MCQs

Give correct response. A is in a house which is on fire, with Z, a child. People below hold out a blanket, A drops the child from the house top, knowing it to be likely that the fall may kill the child, but not intending to kill the child, and intending in good faith the child’s benefit. The child is killed by fall, Held that :

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A. A is liable because he knew or had reasons to believe that fall was very likely to result in the death of the child.
B. A is liable because A’s act cannot be said to have been done in good faith in as much as he kne that the boy was very likely to be killed by such fall, even then he did not take precautions to save him.
C. A has committed no offence, because A dropped the child to save him from being killed by fire, the act being done in good faith and intending child’s benefit without any intention to harm him.
D. A is not liable because he had no intention to kill and no person can be held liable for homicide in absence of such intention.
✅ The correct answer is option C.

Give best response. Z is carried off by a tiger. A fires at the tiger knowing it to be likely that the shot may kill Z, but not intending to kill Z and in good faith intending Z’s benefit, A’s bullet gives Z a mortal wound:

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A. A is not liable because he never intended to kill and o person can be held liable unless the act resulting in death was done with the intention of causing death.
B. A is not liable because he is entitled to the defence under section 92. In this case the act was done in good faith for the benefit of the child (i.e. to save him from being taken off by the tiger) the likelihood of the harm was known but was not intended.
C. A is liable for murder and is not entitled to the defence under section 92 that ‘an act done in good faith, for the benefit of a person without consent is not an offence’.
D. A is liable for murder because he knew that the shot may kill Z, in homicide intention to kill is not always necessary merely knowledge that the act is likely to cause death is sufficient.
✅ The correct answer is option B.

Point out incorrect response. The principle underlying section 91 I.P.C. is that consent will only condone the act causing harm to the person giving the consent, which will otherwise be an offence. Acts which are offences independently of any harm which they may cause will not be covered by consent given by the sufferer. Some instances of such acts are :

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A. Offences against public safety.
B. Causing miscarriage to a woman.
C. Mischief.
D. Public nuisance.
✅ The correct answer is option C.