The Code of Criminal Procedure commonly called the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law in India. It was enacted in 1973 and came into force on 1 April 1974. It provides the machinery for the investigation of crime, apprehension of suspected criminals, collection of evidence, determination of guilt or innocence of the accused person, and the determination of punishment of the guilty. Let's know more about the Code of Criminal Procedure!
1. For what protection does the Section 162 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is?
A. Accused
B. Witnesses
C. Police officer
D. Magistrate
2. What protection is available under the section 162 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?
A. Available in Civil Proceedings
B. Not Available in rape cases
C. Only available in Criminal enquiry or trial in respect of the offence under investigation
D. Available for proceedings under Article 32 and/or 226 of the Constitution
3. What is the confession under the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?
A. Can only be made to the authorised persons
B. Only the Magistrate enjoys the power of recording confessions
C. Made to the Police Officer are valid
D. Made by the accuse while in police custody to a police officer is valid
4. What is the statement under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?
A. The statement made need not be voluntary
B. Statement of the person approaching the Magistrate independently can be recorded
C. The police officer is authorised to record the statement
D. Only the statement of a person produced by the police or investigations agencies can be recorded
5. Which of the following statements does NOT hold true for the confessions made to the Magistrate under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?
A. The accused should be sent back to police custody as soon as the confession is recorded
B. It is the duty of the Magistrate to exclude the presence of the police officer from the place where the confession is recorded
C. It is necessary for the confession to be signed by the accused
D. It is obligatory for the Magistrate to warn the accused, before recording his confession that he is not bound to make it and that if he does so, it may be used as evidence against him
6. Which of the confession is permitted under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?
A. Magistrate recorded the confession of the accused but did not get it signed by the accused
B. The Magistrate recorded the confession of the accused, but forgot to certify that the confession was taken voluntarily
C. Magistrate while recording a confession did not specifically tell the accused that he was a Magistrate
D. Investigating officer took the accused from the jail to the Magistrate, set with him while the confession was being made and brought the accused back to the jail
7. Which of the following statements hold true for the Magistrate’s power to send an accused to remand under section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?
A. The maximum period of remand in police custody cannot exceed 15 days, after that only sending to judicial custody is possible
B. The maximum period of remand in judicial custody cannot exceed 15 days, after that only sending to police custody is possible
C. If the investigation is not completed within 60 days he has to be released on bail
D. If the investigation is not completed within maximum period of 90 days the accused have to be released
8. Which of the statements is NOT true under the provisions of section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?
A. The provision for release in mandatory in the sense that the accused shall have to be released on bail
B. Magistrate has the power to remand accused (terrorists) to army custody for investigation
C. The order under this section is a judicial order
D. On the expiry of sixty days from the date of the arrest of the accused, the further detention does not ipso facto become illegal
9. Which of the following is true of Section 31 code of Criminal Procedure?
A. it relates to the quantum of the punishment that the Court has jurisdiction to pass where the accused is convicted of two or more offences at one trial
B. it is rule of the procedural law
C. either (A) or (B)
D. both (A) and (B)
10. Which of the statements in NOT true regarding the charge sheet made under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?
A. In case of offence of a rape of a child the charge sheet must be submitted within three months of the FIR
B. The right to be released on bail is lost once the charge-sheet is filed
C. Charge sheet against absconding accused can be filed even if the accused is not arrested
D. After submission of the charge sheet there cannot be any further investigation into the case by police
11. What does the term “taking cognizance” meas under the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?
A. Starting a trial
B. An administrative action to decide if criminal trial is required
C. Taking notice of the matter judicially
D. Completing preliminary requirements for starting a Criminal trial
12. Under the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for taking consciousness of an offence-
A. Judicial application of mind by the Magistrate is not needed
B. Is an area exclusively within the domain of the Magistrate and the Officer-in-charge of the case
C. The offence must be committed within the territorial jurisdiction of a first class judicial Magistrate
D. It is not open to the court to analyse the evidence produced
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