Delhi Civil Judge Mains 2015 Question Paper

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Delhi Judicial Service Main Examination 2015

DELHI JUDICIAL SERVICE (DJS) MAINS

CRIMINAL LAW

Time Allowed: 3 Hours

Max. Marks: 200

Instructions:

(i) Please read the questions carefully and answer them as directed.

(ii) All questions are compulsory, unless specified.

(iii) You are allowed 15 minutes’ time before the examination begins, during which you should

read the question paper and, if you wish, highlight and/or make notes on it. However, you

are not allowed, under any circumstances, to open the answer sheet and start writing during

this time.

(iv) Support each of your answers with reasons, relevant legal provisions and legal principles.

The length of the answer will not determine the marks.

(v) Bare Acts will be provided by this Court in the examination hall for your use.

(vi) Even if you do not know the answer, it is advisable to attempt as much as you can, as the

test is not only of the knowledge of law but also of analytical reasoning.

PART A

1. Upon telephonic information received at PS Lajpat Nagar at 9.00 AM on 10.07.2015 that a

foul smell was emanating from House No. 292, Lajpat Nagar, Inspector Suri reached the

house and found the main door locked. Breaking open the lock and entering the house, he

found Sheila, the owner of the house, lying dead on the bed with clotted blood on her clothes

and the bedsheet. A blood-stained kitchen knife was lying on the bed. It was seized. The

Crime Team was summoned, but no chance prints could be lifted. The cupboard in the

bedroom was found ransacked. Neelam, the daughter of the deceased, reached the house and

informed Inspector Suri that Ram was the domestic servant engaged by the deceased and

was given a servant quarter to reside on the roof of the house. Inspector Suri found the room

on the roof empty. Ram had absconded. On Neelam’s statement, an FIR for offences

punishable under Sections 302 and 380 IPC was registered. The dead body was sent to the

mortuary. The post-mortem conducted by Dr. Sunil on the dead body of Sheila in the

afternoon of 10.07.2015 revealed that the likely time when Sheila died was around 10.00 PM

on 08.07.2015, and there were eight bruise marks on both palms and forearms. There was

one stab wound on the chest. Internal examination revealed that the left ventricle of the heart

had been pierced and death was on account of shock due to haemorrhage. Dr. Sunil opined

later on that the knife seized by Inspector Suri could have caused the stab wound. During