Criminal Law [CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) Legal-Aptitude]: Questions 42 - 43 of 103

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Question 42

Appeared in Year: 2012

Question MCQ▾

Principle: Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person՚s consent, moves that property with an intention to take it, is said to commit theft.

Facts: Y cuts down a tree on Z՚s ground, with the intention of dishonestly taking it out of Z՚s possession without Z՚s consent. Y could not take away the tree.

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Y can be prosecuted for attempt to theft

b.

Y cannot be prosecuted for theft

c.

Y can be prosecuted for theft

d.

Y has neither committed theft nor attempted to commit

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Question 43

Appeared in Year: 2014

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Principle: Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such harm.

Facts: ‘X’ takes a plain sheet of paper from Y՚s drawer without Y՚s consent to write a letter to his friend.

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

‘X’ has committed an offence in the above context

b.

‘Y’ can sue ‘X’ for an offence in the above context

c.

‘X’ has committed no offence in the above context

d.

None of the above

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