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Assertion (A): Where an accused person has pleaded guilty and has been convicted on such plea, there shall be no appeal.
Reason (R): A person who deliberately pleads guilty cannot be aggrieved by being convicted.
Select the correct answer:
Statements : All terrorists are guilty. All terrorists are criminals.

Conclusions :
I. Either all criminals are guilty or all guilty are criminals.
II. Some guilty persons are criminals.
III. Generally criminals are guilty.
IV. Crime and guilt go together.
A' and 'B' have been accused of an offence where the accused persons had no intention of causing the death of any one and no injury was found on the deceased which was sufficient to cause death in the ordinary course of nature. As per medical opinion, the injuries were not likely to cause death. It could not be established as to which of the two accused inflicted injuries on the head of the deceased. The accused should be liable to be convicted under:
Statement A: When a court of Sessions passes a sentence of death, the court shall, according to Rule 102of the General Rules (Criminal) 1980, commit the prisoner by a warrant in the appropriate form to the jail from which he came to stand his trial, and shall submit its proceedings to the High Court at the latest on the fourth day after the sentence of death has been pronounced.
Statement B: When a court of Sessions passes a sentence against a female prisoner to death, according to Rule 104 of the General Rules (Criminal) 1980, it shall consider after enquiring from such prisoner herself, if necessary, whether she is pregnant and if it thinks that it is likely, it shall have her examined by the District Medical Officer or such other doctor as it may consider fit and if it finds that she is in fact pregnant, it shall make a report to the High Court.
Criminal Procedure Code: An accused person pleads guilty and has been convicted on such plea by Chief Judicial Magistrate and a sentence of imprisonment of four years is passed against him-
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
All evidence taken in the course of the trial or other proceeding must be taken in the presence of the
1. Accused only.
2. Accused and his pleader.
3. Pleader of the accused, when the attendance of the accused is dispensed with.
4. Accused, except as otherwise provided under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Select the correct answer:
Each material circumstance appearing in evidence against the accused must be put to the accused specifically, distinctly and separately. In this context, the propositions are
1. Failure to put the material evidence to the accused always vitiates the trial
2. Failure to put the material evidence amounts to a serious irregularity which can not be cured and vitiates the trial, if it has prejudiced the accused.
3. Failure to put the material evidence is not considered to services & is curable if infact no failure of justice has occasioned to the accused.
Now which of the following is correct
The plea can succeed only if it is shown that the accused was so far away at the relevant time that he could not be present at the place where the crime was committed'. The Supreme Court of India, in this observation, was referring to the plea of:
Where two or more courts have taken cognizance of the same offence and a question arises as to which of them ought to inquire into or try the offence, the question shall be decided
1. If the courts are subordinate to the same High Court, by that High Court
2. By the High Court within the local limits of whose appellate criminal jurisdiction the accused resides, carries on business or is engaged in a gainful employment
3. If the courts are subordinate to the same High Court, by that High Court in consultation with the State Government concerned
4. If the courts are not subordinate to the same High Court, by that court within the local limits of whose appellate criminal jurisdiction the proceedings were first commenced
Which of the above are correct?
A' is a accused before a Court of Sessions of attempting to murder a police officer whilst on his trial before 'B', a Sessions Judge. Can 'B' be examined as a witness under the above situations as to what has occurred in his presence?