Law Quiz-2

................. of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 deals with the power of the Magistrate to arrest.

• Section 40

• Section 43

• Section 44

• Section 48

............ of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 allows a person making arrest to seize offensive weapons.

• Section 41

• Section 52

• Section 54

• Section 55

A person aggrieved by a refusal to register an FIR by the police station may send the report to-

• Station House Officer

• Inspector

• Superintendent of Police

• Constable

Ordinarily, a criminal investigation is conducted by:

• Inspector

• Superintendent of Police

• Constable-in-chief

• Officer in charge of a police station

Which of the following is incorrect about the first information report?

• It may not be oral

• Copy of FIR must be given to the informant

• Copy of FIR must be given for free

• The format of the register for recording the FIR should be as per directions of the State government

Unless he is produced before a Magistrate, an arrested person cannot be detained by the police for more than:

• 12 hours

• 18 hours

• 24 hours

• 36 hours

Which of these cannot make an arrest as per the provisions of the CrPC?

• Private person

• Judicial magistrate

• Executive magistrate

• Armed forces personnel

When an arrest warrant is executed, the arrested person must be brought to the court within the limits of whose jurisdiction the arrest is made, if the court issuing the warrant is not within:

• 30 kilometers from the place of arrest

• 20 kilometers from the place of arrest

• 10 kilometers from the place of arrest

• 5 kilometers from the place of arrest

A confession during the course of an investigation must be made before:

• Sessions judge

• Judicial/metropolitan magistrate

• Executive magistrate

• Superintendent of Police

A person whose investigation cannot be completed within 24 hours must be forwarded to a Magistrate by an officer not below the rank of:

• Head constable

• Inspector

• Sub-inspector

• Superintendent of police