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Civil Judge Examination Criminal Law Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering Criminal Law as it is examined in Civil Judge Examination. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Criminal Law deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What is the difference between Qisas and Diyat?
Qisas is punishment by causing similar hurt at the same part of the body or by causing death of the offender (equal retaliation). Diyat is the compensation specified in Section 323, payable to the heirs of the victim in lieu of or alongside other punishment.
What is 'qatl-i-amd' liable to under Section 302 PPC?
(a) Death or life imprisonment as qisas; (b) where qisas is not applicable, death or life imprisonment or up to 25 years imprisonment as ta'zir on facts/evidence; (c) death/imprisonment as ta'zir if proved by evidence not admissible for qisas (under Islamic injunctions).
How is 'qatl-i-khata' defined under Section 318 PPC?
Whoever, without any intention to cause death or bodily harm, causes death of a person either by mistake of act or by mistake of fact, commits qatl-i-khata (death by mistake).
What is 'qatl-bis-sabab' under Section 321 PPC?
Whoever, without intention to cause death, does an unlawful act which becomes a cause for the death of another, commits qatl-bis-sabab (death by an intervening unlawful cause).
Define the four kinds of hurt classified under the PPC (Qisas/Diyat scheme).
Itlaf-i-udw (dismemberment/destruction of an organ); Itlaf-i-salahiyyat-i-udw (destroying the functional power/value of an organ); Shajjah (hurt to the head or face); and Jurh (hurt other than shajjah, dividing into Jaifah and Ghayr-Jaifah). Other categories include Damiyah, Badiah, Mutalahimah, etc.
What is 'Arsh' under the PPC?
Arsh is the compensation specified to be paid to the victim or his heirs for causing hurt to the body, as fixed by the PPC for the relevant kind of hurt (e.g., for itlaf-i-udw).
What is the difference between 'kidnapping from Pakistan' and 'kidnapping from lawful guardianship' (Sections 360–361 PPC)?
Kidnapping from Pakistan (S.360) is conveying a person beyond Pakistan's limits without consent. Kidnapping from lawful guardianship (S.361) is taking or enticing a minor (under 16 if male, under 18 if female) or a person of unsound mind out of the keeping of the lawful guardian without consent.
How is 'abduction' defined under Section 362 PPC, and how does it differ from kidnapping?
Abduction is by force compelling, or by any deceitful means inducing, a person to go from any place. Unlike kidnapping, abduction is not substantive by itself (it requires an accompanying purpose to be an offence), has no age limit, and can be a continuing offence; kidnapping is committed once and is complete on the taking.
How is 'wrongful restraint' (Section 339) distinguished from 'wrongful confinement' (Section 340 PPC)?
Wrongful restraint obstructs a person so as to prevent him from proceeding in a direction he has a right to proceed. Wrongful confinement is wrongful restraint that keeps a person within certain circumscribing limits, preventing him from proceeding in all directions (total restraint).
How is rape ('zina-bil-jabr') / rape under Section 375 PPC defined?
A man commits rape who has sexual intercourse with a woman against her will, without her consent, with consent obtained by fear of death/hurt or by deception, or with or without consent when she is under sixteen years of age. Penetration is sufficient to constitute the intercourse.
What is the punishment for rape under Section 376 PPC?
Death or imprisonment of not less than 10 years and up to 25 years, and fine. Where committed by two or more persons (gang rape), each is punishable with death or imprisonment for life.
How is 'unnatural offence' defined under Section 377 PPC?
Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal commits an unnatural offence, punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment from 2 to 10 years and fine; penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse.
How is 'theft' defined under Section 378 PPC?
Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person's consent, moves that property in order to such taking, commits theft.
How is 'extortion' defined under Section 383 PPC?
Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury and thereby dishonestly induces the person so put in fear to deliver to any person any property, valuable security, or anything signed/sealed which may be converted into a valuable security, commits extortion.
When does theft become 'robbery' under Section 390 PPC?
Theft is robbery if, in order to commit theft or in carrying it away or attempting, the offender voluntarily causes or attempts to cause death, hurt, or wrongful restraint, or fear of instant death/hurt/restraint. Extortion is robbery if the offender, by putting in fear of instant death/hurt/restraint, commits the extortion in the offender's presence.
What is the distinguishing feature of 'dacoity' under Section 391 PPC?
When five or more persons conjointly commit or attempt to commit robbery (counting all present and aiding), the offence is dacoity. The number five is the essential distinguishing element from robbery.
How does extortion differ from theft?
In theft, property is taken without consent and must be movable. In extortion, the victim is induced by fear of injury to deliver the property (consent is obtained, but illegitimately by fear), and the property may be movable, immovable, or a valuable security.
How is 'criminal misappropriation' defined under Section 403 PPC?
Whoever dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use any movable property commits criminal misappropriation; the property comes innocently or by casual means into his possession, and the dishonest intention arises afterward.
How is 'criminal breach of trust' defined under Section 405 PPC?
Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property or dominion over property, dishonestly misappropriates or converts it to his own use, or dishonestly uses or disposes of it in violation of any law or contract regarding the trust, commits criminal breach of trust.
What is the key difference between criminal misappropriation and criminal breach of trust?
In criminal misappropriation there is no entrustment — property innocently comes into possession and is later misappropriated. In criminal breach of trust there is entrustment of property or dominion over it, which is then dishonestly misappropriated or used in violation of trust.
How is 'cheating' defined under Section 415 PPC?
Whoever, by deceiving any person, fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person to deliver property or consent to its retention, or intentionally induces him to do or omit something he would not otherwise do/omit, causing or likely to cause damage or harm to him in body, mind, reputation or property, commits cheating.
How is 'forgery' defined under Section 463 PPC, and what is a 'false document'?
Forgery is making a false document or part of a document with intent to cause damage or injury, to support a claim, or to commit fraud. A false document (S.464) is one dishonestly/fraudulently made, signed, sealed, executed or altered, or made to appear made by a person who did not make it, or antedated/post-dated, etc.
How is 'criminal trespass' (Section 441) distinguished from 'house-trespass' (Section 442 PPC)?
Criminal trespass is entering or remaining on property in another's possession with intent to commit an offence or to intimidate, insult or annoy the possessor. House-trespass is criminal trespass by entering into or remaining in any building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling, place of worship, or for custody of property.
What is the difference between 'house-breaking' (Section 445) and 'house-breaking by night' (Section 446 PPC)?
House-breaking is house-trespass effected by any of the six prescribed modes of entry/exit (e.g., through a passage made by the offender, a passage not intended for human entry, by opening a fastening, etc.). House-breaking by night is house-breaking committed after sunset and before sunrise, which is more severely punishable.
What this deck covers
The Criminal Law deck follows the Civil Judge Examination Criminal Law syllabus — 6 chapters and 24 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 8.3 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 265 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Criminal Law flashcards FAQ
How many Criminal Law flashcards are in this Civil Judge Examination deck?
50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these Civil Judge Examination flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 50-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Criminal Law cards cover?
They follow the Civil Judge Examination Criminal Law syllabus — 6 chapters and 24 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.