A person for offence of theft is convicted and sentenced by Judicial Magistrate First Class to one year imprisonment and fine. What is the maximum term of imprisonment which can be awarded in default of payment of fine?

A Magistrate convicts an accused of theft for one year imprisonment and one thousand fine. Maximum punishment for which accused can be sentenced to imprisonment in default of payment of fine shall be-

A

1 year

B

9 months

C

3 months

D

6 months

A person 'Y' is convicted for the offence of kidnapping in 1960 and sentenced to three years of imprisonment. On release from the Tihar Jail, he is apprehended and detained for commission of murder and tried and convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1990. Is this a violation of Article 20 of the Constitution of India?

A

Yes

B

No

C

May be

D

It is violation of a directive principle of State policy

A, who had undergone detention during trial, has been sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 1000/- and suffer simple imprisonment for one month in default of payment of fine. A fails to deposit the amount of the fine and is made to undergo imprisonment in default. A claims set-off. In this situation, A is . . . . . . . .

A

Entitled to set-off as a matter of right

B

Not entitled to set-off

C

Entitled to set-off if the Court so orders specifically

D

Not entitled to set off as the detention was not during investigation

The Chief Judicial Magistrate has punished the accused with imprisonment of five years and fine of ten thousand rupees under Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code. The maximum imprisonment under the Section 325 is seven years. On nonpayment of fine, the Magistrate can give him maximum imprisonment upto:

A

Fifteen months

B

Twenty one months

C

Twelve months

D

Thirty months

The maximum term of imprisonment that can be awarded in default of payment of fine, in case of offence punishable with fine Only, when the person is sentence to a fine of rupees hundred:

A

Six months

B

Four months

C

One month

D

Two months

When the offence is punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, maximum term of imprisonment that can be awarded in default of payment of fine shall not exceed:

A

One-half

B

One-fourth

C

One-eighth

D

One-sixth of the maximum punishment fixed for the offence

In case of an offence punishable with fine only, an offender who is sentenced to pay a fine of not exceeding Rs. 100 but exceeding Rs, 50, the imprisonment in default of payment of fine shall not exceed

A

Two months

B

Three months

C

Four months

D

Six months

In case of an offence punishable with fine only, an offender who is sentenced to pay a fine exceeding Rs. 100, the imprisonment in default of payment of fine shall not exceed

A

One year

B

Six months

C

Four months

D

Two months

A' is charged with the offence of causing simple hurt 'A' pleads guilty to the charge before the Metropolitan Magistrate and is accordingly convicted for the said offence and sentenced to imprisonment for one year. 'A' can file an appeal

A

Against the order of conviction and sentence in the Court of Sessions

B

Against the order of conviction and sentence in the High Court

C

Against the extent or legality of sentence in the Court of Sessions

D

All these

Where an offence is punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, the term for which the court can direct the offender to be imprisonment in default of payment of fine shall not exceed

A

One fourth of the term of imprisonment which is the maximum fixed for the offence

B

One fourth of the term of imprisonment to which the offender has been sentenced

C

One fifth of the term of imprisonment to which the offender has been sentenced

D

One fifth of the term of imprisonment which is the maximum fixed for the offence

A person for offence of theft is convicted and sentenced by Judicial Magistrate First Class to one year imprisonment and fine. What is the maximum term of imprisonment which can be awarded in default of payment of fine?

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