Mains Questions
Criminal Procedure Code
Arrest of Person (Ss. 41-60A)
Q. 1. Which cases are warrant cases? [Guj JS 2020]
Q. 2. Describe the Search and Seizure. [JS 2019]
Q. 3. Under what circumstances police may arrest any person without warrant? Explain. [BJS 2018]
Q. 4. Examine the procedure of arrest and the duties of officer making arrest. [BJS 2018]
Q.5. A police officer has no definite knowledge or definite information that A is in possession of an instrument of housebreaking. The police officer arrests A. Is A’s arrest illegal even though an instrument of housebreaking may actually be found on searching after the arrest? Answer with reasons. [UPJS 2018]
Q. 6. Objective behind inclusion of Section 50A in the Cr.P.C. [HPJS 2018]
Q. 7. Discuss the scope and objective of Section 357A, 357B and 357C of the Cr.P.C. [HPJS 2018]
Q. 8. When a police officer can arrest a person without warrant? How such an arrest can be effected? [JJS 2017]
Q. 9. How has the Cr. P.C., 1973 define the judgment and order. [HJS 2011]
Q. 10. Explain the circumstances in which an arrest without a warrant can be made. Can a Magistrate issue a warrant for arrest in respect of a cognizable offence before taking cognizance of the offence? [Punj JS 2006]
Q. 11. Examine the procedure for search under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. What, if any, is the effect of illegal search on the admissibility of evidence and the validity of trial? [Punj JS 2006]
Q. 12. Describe the various rights of an arrested person under the Cr.P.C. Can a Magistrate refuse the request of an arrested person for medical examination of his body? If so, under what circumstances? [Punj JS 2010]
Q. 13. What protection has been afforded to members of the armed forces from arrest? [Punj JS 2010]
Q. 14. The decision to arrest is primarily a judicial function. Respond to this statement with reference to pre-arrest and post-arrest procedures in the Code of Criminal Procedure. [Punj JS 2013]
Q. 15. When can the police arrest a person without a warrant? [BJS 2000, 2011]
Q. 16. What are the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court for the police while arresting a judicial officer? [BJS 2011]
Q. 17. Explain Arrest without warrant. [HJS 1986]
Q. 18. Mention the categories of cases in which a police officer may arrest a person without a warrant. [HJS 1999]
Q. 19. Under what circumstances a police officer may search a place without warrant? [HJS 1999]
Q. 20. Under what circumstances a private person may arrest or cause to be arrested a person? [HJS 1999]
Q. 21. In what cases a police officer may arrest any person without an order from a magistrate and without a warrant? | [HJS 2001]
Q. 22. What are the provisions in the Criminal Procedure Code regarding the search of the arrested person? Does the search become illegal where no grounds of arrest are given to the accused? (HJS 2001]
Q. 23. In what circumstances a person can be arrested without warrant? What measures and precautions are required to be taken while arresting a person, as directed by the Supreme Court? [HJS 2010]
Q. 24. ‘Regulating the nature of interaction between the accused and the police authorities is at the crux of a developed criminal justice system.’ Elaborate on the statement by referring to the guidelines laid down in the case of Joginder Kumar v. State of U.P., AIR 1994 SC 1349. [HJS 2013]
Q. 25. When can a private person arrest any other person? [RJS 1984]
Q. 26. Who is a Registered Medical Practitioner under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973? [RJS 1986]
Q. 27. State the circumstances under which a private person may arrest another person. [RJS 1991]
Q. 28. Why can an arrested person not resist against his medical examination under Section 53 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973? [RJS 1999]
Q. 29. Write short note on Arrest by private person and procedure on such arrest. [RJS 2014]
Q. 30. In what circumstances may a police officer arrest a person without an order from a magistrate an other than a police officer in any circumstances? Explain and illustrate. [UPJS 1987]
Q. 31. Briefly describe the circumstances where under a police officer, a private person and a magistrate may arrest a person without warrant. [UPJS 1997]
Q. 32. In what circumstances may a police officer arrest a person without an order from magistrate and without a warrant? Can an arrest be made by persons other than a police officer? Explain and illustrate. [UPJS 2000]
Q. 33. When a Magistrate arrests a person without a warrant, is he required to inform the person arrested, of the grounds for such arrest? If so, under which provision of Criminal Procedure Code? Explain. [UPJS 2012]
Q. 34. Which property may be seized by a police officer, without the courts order? Describe the procedure to be followed by such officer, after such seizure. [UPJS 2013]
Q. 35. Can a police officer during investigation seize any property without the permission from the court? Describe the procedure to be followed by the officer after seizure of such property. [UPJS 2016]
