Understanding Our Criminal Justice System

Which type of advocate is, who pleads on behalf of the accused person?

• Public prosecutor

• Defence lawyer

• Judge

• All of these

What term refers to a person who is tried by a court for a crime?

• Accused

• Lawyer

• Detention

• Fair trial

What refers to any act that the law defines as a crime?

• Detention

• Offence

• Witness

• All of these

A person who is called upon in court to provide a first hand account of what he/she has seen, heard or knows?

• Witness

• Offence

• Criminal

• None of these

Who register the FIR?

• Firemen

• Lawyer

• Policemen

• Public prosecutor

What is the act of keeping the accused in custody by the police?

• Cross-examine

• Detention

• FIR

• All of these

What is the type of the advocate who pleads the cases on behalf of the government and who has been appointed by the government on permanent basis?

• Deed writer

• Private prosecutor

• Typist

• Public prosecutor

Who decides whether a person is guilty or not?

• Advocate

• Public prosecutor

• Judge

• Police

Article 21 of the Constitution Guarantees-

• Right to Speech

• Right to freedom

• Right to life

• None of the above

Fair trial is the procedure which has been set and followed for the cases to be tried in the courts fairly.

• True

• False

• Maybe