Judicial Service Examination- Practice Questions on First Information Report

In which of the following Case, a Three Judge Bench of Supreme Court considered the judgment in T. T. Antony and explained that the judgment in the said case does not exclude the registration of a complaint in the nature of counter claim from the purview of the Court?

(a) Ram Lal Narang Vs. Om Prakash Narang and Another

(b) T.T.Antony Vs State of Kerala

(c) Upkar Singh v. Ved Prakash and Others

(d) None of the above

Ans.(c) [AIR 2004 SC 4320]

 In a case where an FIR had already been lodged on 14/06/2002 in respect of the offences committed by individuals. Subsequently, the matter was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which during investigation collected huge amount of material and also recorded statements of large number of persons and the CBI came to the conclusion that a scam was involved in the selection process of Panchayat Secretaries. The second FIR was lodged by the CBI.

(a) Second FIR is liable to be quashed

(b) Second FIR is not liable to be quashed

(c) Depends

(d) None of the above

Ans.(b) [AIR 2009 SC 984]

The second FIR is liable to be quashed

(a) if both the FIRs relate to the same incident in respect of the same occurrence

(b) if both FIRs are in regard to the incidents which are two or more parts of the same transaction

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of the above

Ans.(c) [2010(8)SCALE 519]

 Is it mandatory for the police to register an FIR on a complaint forwarded by a Magistrate U/S 156(3) of Code of Criminal Procedure?

(a) Yes

(b) No

(c) depends

(d) None of the above.

Ans.(a) [ AIR 2006 SC 705]

A station house officer received information about the commission of murder. He refused to register the FIR on the ground that the police station had no territorial Jurisdiction.

(a) The Station house officer is right in refusing to register the FIR

(b) It was certainly a dereliction of duty on the part of the station house officer in refusing to record information about the cognizable offence and forwarding the same to the police station having jurisdiction over the area in which the crime was said to have been committed.

(c) He could have produce the Complainant before a Magistrate to record the information

(d) None of the above.

Ans.(b) [ AIR 1993 SC 2644]

Provision U/S 154 of Code of Criminal Procedure is

(a) Mandatory

(b) Discretionary

(c) Depends

(d) None of the above.

Ans.(a) [ AIR 2006 SC 2716]

 Is Delay in lodging the FIR by itself a ground to discard the entire prosecution Case?

(a) Yes

(b) No

(c) depends

(d) None of the above.

Ans.(b) [ AIR 2006 SC 2002]

Which of the following is a reasonable explanation for delay?

(a) Delay caused by threats held out by the accused[ AIR 1979 SC 669]

(b) in a rape case, since the honour of the family is involved, it took time to decide to proceed with the case [ AIR 1981 SC 361]

(c) In a case of dowry death, the parents of the girl were in a mental shock [ 1994(1) SCC 73]

(d) All the above.

Ans.(d)

Can an FIR be used against the informant if it is confessional?

(a) Yes

(b) No

(c) depends

(d) None of the above.

Ans.(b) [ AIR 2005 SC 1929]

 Is failure to mention the names of some of the accused in the FIR by itself a ground to reject the entire prosecution?

(a) Yes

(b) No

(c) depends

(d) None of the above.

Ans.(b) [ AIR 1981 SC 373]

In which of the following is a ground to quash the FIR?

(a) If it is not filed by a person aggrieved

(b) If no one is named as accused in the FIR

(c) If a cognizable offence is not made out in the FIR

(d) None of the above.

Ans.(c) [ 1992 AIR SCW 237]

In which of the following case, the Supreme Court issued Guidelines to quash FIR/Criminal Proceedings?

(a) State of Haryana Vs Bhajan Lal

(b) CBI Vs State of Rajasthan

(c) Mahesh Chand Vs State of Rajasthan

(d) None of the above.

Ans.(a) [ 1992 AIR SCW 237]