W, a married woman lived with her husband, along with a six month old baby, but her life was miserable as her husband frequently used to beat her. She wanted to go to her pursued but her husband threatened to beat her if she dares to do so. But one day when W was missing the husband perused her and found that she was going to her parents with the baby. When W turned around and found her husband running towards her, panic stricken she along with the baby jumped into a well. The baby died but she survived. She was prosecuted for the death of the baby. What offence if any has been committed by her?

W, who had her small baby tied on her back, was proceeding towards her parental place who lived nearby. Since, her husband H, did not like her visits to her parental place prevented her from proceeding further and directed her to return her home and threatened her with dire consequences if she ventured to do so again. She felt very depressed and decided to jump into a well nearby. Unmindful of the presence of her child on her back, she jumped into the well. She survived but the child died. W is guilty of

A

Murder

B

Culpable homicide not amounting to murder as she cannot be attributed with intention to cause death or intention to cause bodily injury

C

Causing death by rash or negligent act

D

No offence as it is a case of accident or misfortune

Principle: Whoever causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death, commits the offence of culpable homicide. However, a person is guilty of culpable homicide amounting to murder if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death.
Factual Situation: Saurab, had a serious argument with his wife. The woman uttered some filthy words at Saurab, which further irritated him. He moved towards the woman with a wooden piece to beat her. Suddenly, their daughter who was sleeping in the room woke up and ran towards her mother. Saurab's blow fell on the child's head and she fell down unconscious. The couple believed that their daughter died due to the blow.
Saurab immediately took out a rope and hung her by the neck on to the ceiling fan to give the impression that the girl committed suicide as she failed in the Class X examination. When the rope got tightened the child cried, but died immediately due to asphyxiation.

A

Saurab is guilty of murder of his daughter as he hung her by the neck which resulted in her death

B

Saurab and his wife are both guilty of the murder of their daughter

C

Saurab is guilty of culpable homicide as he thought that his daughter had already died and he believed that he was only hanging a dead body

D

Saurab is guilty of grievous hurt as the lathi blow was the basic reason of the child's death

A (a 25 year old man) was B's (a 23 year old woman) neighbour. He fell in love with her and wanted to ask her to enter into a relationship with him. He sent her a number of text messages proclaiming his love for her. She did not respond to his overtures. On November 18, 2013, A went to B's house and told her that he was in love with her, and wanted to marry her. She told him that she was not interested and asked him to leave. A believed that B was only playing hard to get, and if he persisted, she would change her mind. On November 25, 2013, when B was returning home from her workplace, A met her again and proclaimed his love for her again. She again told him that she was not interested, and threatened to complain to the police. In spite of this, a week later, when B was leaving for work, she noticed that A was waiting outside her house, with a bouquet of flowers, and he tried to give her the flowers. B ignored him once again, and went to the police station to complain about A's acts. Under what Section of the Indian Penal Code should the police register the FIR (First Information Report)

A

Section 354A for the offence of sexual harassment

B

Section 354C for the offence of voyeurism

C

Section 3540 for the offence of stalking

D

Section 509

PRINCIPLE: 1. A person is liable for death penalty when he does an act which is likely to cause death, and that person knows that his act in all probability will only result in death.
2. Death penalty is given only in rarest of rare cases.
FACT: Sunita, a married woman was flogged out of her husband's house by her father-in-law. When she was living with her parents, she got involved with a widower who also had an affair with Anita. In a fit of jealousy, Sunita killed her rival, Anita, as well as her little baby. Sunita also disfigured the faces of Anita and her baby and buried the bodies. Later, Sunita was tried for murder.

A

She is liable for life imprisonment but not death penalty

B

She is liable for death as her act suffers from the highest level of depravity; and hence, is rarest of rare

C

She is not liable for any offence as it was done under grave and sudden provocation

D

None of the above

Consider the following information and answer the questions based on it. Out of the 75 birders, 15 wanted to see only sunbird, 10 wanted to see only flycatcher, 12 wanted to see both sunbird and nuthatch, 15 wanted to see only bee-eater, 13 wanted to see both sunbird and bee-eater, 5 wanted to see both flycatcher and nuthatch and the remaining wanted to see only nuthatch. How many birders wanted to see only one bird?

A

30

B

40

C

45

D

50

Out of the 100 nature lovers, 20 people wanted to see only bison, 30 wanted to see both bison and tiger, 15 wanted to see only leopard, 25 wanted to see only tiger, 5 wanted to see both bison and leopard and the remaining wanted to see only bear. The ratio of people to wanted to see tiger to those who wanted to see bear is

A

1\/11

B

11\/3

C

11\/1

D

3\/11

Out of the 100 nature lovers, 20 people wanted to see only bison, 30 wanted to see both bison and tiger, 15 wanted to see only leopard, 25 wanted to see only tiger, 5 wanted to see both bison and leopard and the remaining wanted to see only bear. How many people wanted to see only one animal?

A

35

B

65

C

60

D

50

Consider the following propositions:
1. A Muslim woman, on her husband's death, need not follow Iddat if her marriage is valid but not consummated.
2. A Muslim woman, on divorce, need not follow Iddat if her marriage is valid but not consummated.
3. A Muslim woman, on divorce, has to observe Iddat if her marriage is irregular but consummated.
4. A Muslim woman, whose marriage is void but consummated, has to observe Iddat till delivery if she is carrying the child in her womb in case of her husband's death.
Choose the correct option from below:

A

2 and 3 are correct

B

Only 4 is correct

C

Only 2 is correct

D

1 and 4 are correct

X was ill-treated by her in-laws including her husband H. After some time, she decided to leave her in-laws' house and jumps into a well along with her only child C, who she thought will not be taken care of by his uncaring father after her death. X jumped into the well along with C. C died but X was saved. X is liable for:

A

Culpable homicide amounting to murder under Section 300 read with Section 302, Indian Penal Code

B

Culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304, Part II of Indian Penal Code as she had an excuse to jump into the well along with her child C

C

Homicide by rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code

D

No offence as she had sufficient justification for taking this drastic step because of the marital discord

Consider the following information and answer the questions based on it. Out of the 75 birders, 15 wanted to see only sunbird, 10 wanted to see only flycatcher, 12 wanted to see both sunbird and nuthatch, 15 wanted to see only bee-eater, 13 wanted to see both sunbird and bee-eater, 5 wanted to see both flycatcher and nuthatch and the remaining wanted to see only nuthatch. The difference between the birders who want to see sunbird and those who want to see flycatcher is

A

12

B

25

C

30

D

15