Delhi Civil Judge Mains 2022 Question Paper

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Delhi Judicial Service Main Examination 2022

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) 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.

(iii) The answer to each question should begin on a fresh page.

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

laws.

(v) 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-I

Write short notes on any four out of the following six questions:

1. In a case involving two or more accused, is it permissible for the Court to record their joint

statement under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 313 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure, 1973 in order to save its time?

2. When can the power under sub-section (1) of Section 319 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure, 1973 to add and summon an accused be exercised by the Court?

3. Will medical evidence in sexual offences favouring the accused have any impact on the

ocular testimony of the prosecutrix, or other material witnesses, or the evidence of a person

to whom the prosecutrix narrated the facts immediately after the incident?

4. Is there any presumption of correctness attached to a confessional statement recorded by the

Magistrate under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973?

5. Considerations for awarding sentence to a convict.

6. The legitimate expectations of a victim of crime from the State.