Subject Experts Solutions for Chapter: Criminal Law, Exercise 1: Practice Exercise

This question consists of legal propositions/ principles (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion.

Principle Penal laws provide that whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man or woman, shall be punished for rape.

Fact A police officer found a man engaged in carnal intercourse with an animal. The police officer arrested the man and produced him before the court.

This question consists of legal propositions/ principles (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion.

Principle There are legal provisions to give authority to a person to use necessary force against an assistant or wrong-doer for the purpose of protecting one's own body and property as also another's body and property when immediate aid from the state machinery is not readily available, and in so doing he is not answerable in law for his deeds.

Fact X, a rich man was taking his morning walk. Due to the threat of robbers in the locality, he was carrying his pistol also. From the opposite direction, another person was coming with a ferocious-looking dog. All of a sudden, the dog which was on a chain held by the owner, started barking at X. The owner of the dog called the dog to be calm.

They crossed each other without any problem. But suddenly, the dog started barking again from a distance. X immediately took out his pistol. By seeing the pistol the dog stopped barking and started walking with the owner. However, X shot at the dog which died instantly. The owner of the dog files a complaint against X, which in due course reached the Magistrate Court. X pleads the right of private defence.

Decide.

This question consists of legal propositions/ principles (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion.

Principle A person is said to do a thing fraudulently, if he does that thing with intent to defraud, but not otherwise.

Fact 'A' occasionally hands over his ATM card to 'B' to withdraw money for 'A'. On one occasion 'B' without the knowledge of ' A', uses 'A's ATM card to find out the balance in 'A's account, but does not withdraw any money.

This question consists of legal propositions/ principles (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion.

Principle Whoever takes away with him any minor less than sixteen years of age if a male, or less than eighteen years of age if a female, out of the custody of parents of such minor without the consent of such parents, is said to commit no offence.

Fact 'A', a man, took away a girl below sixteen years to Mumbai without informing the parents of the girl.

This question consists of legal propositions/ principles (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion.

Principle Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise of the right of private defence.

Fact 'A', under the influence of madness, attempts to kill 'B'. 'B' to save his life kills 'A'

This question consists of legal propositions/ principles (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion.

Principle Assault is causing bodily injury to another person by use of physical force.

Fact Rustom while entering into compartment of a train raised his fist in anger towards a person Sheetal, just in front of him in the row to get way to enter into the train first but did not hit him. Rustom has :

This question consists of legal propositions/ principles (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion.

Principle When a person interferes with peaceful possession of another person without the permission of the person in possession of those premises commits trespass to land.

Fact 'T' just walked over the land of 'P' to reach his house as it was a shortcut. 'P' had displayed a notice that it is not a thoroughfare. 'P' did not cause any damage to the land.

This question consists of legal propositions/ principles (hereinafter referred to as 'principle') and facts. These principles have to be applied to the given facts to arrive at the most reasonable conclusion.

Principle Ownership in property consists of the right to possess, right to use, right to alienate, and right to exclude others. The sale is complete when the property gets transferred from the seller to the buyer on sale.

Fact 'A' sold his car to 'B'. After this, 'B' requested 'A' to keep the car in his care on behalf 'B' for one month. 'A' agreed.