Kerala Higher Judicial Service 2014 Paper-II

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Kerala Higher Judicial Service 2014 Paper-II Question Paper


Total marks – 200                           Duration – 3 hours

PART-X

[In this Part there are 18 Objective Multiple Choice Type questions carrying 2 marks each. All the questions are to be answered. Answers to the questions in this Part should be marked in the OMR Answer Sheet bearing Serial (X). Answers marked elsewhere will not be valued.]
  1. Which one among the following offences under the Indian Penal Code is exclusively triable by a Court of Session?
    1. 185
    2. 195
    3. 20.5
    4. 215
  2. Identify the wrong statement.
    1. Pacts not otherwise relevant are always irrelevant
    2. Facts not otherwise relevant are relevant if they support or are inconsistent with the’ opinions of experts, when such opinions are relevant.
    3. When the court has to form an opinion upon a point of art, the opinions upon that point of persons specially skilled in such art are relevant facts.
    4. When the question is whether the death of a person was caused by poison, the opinions of experts as to the symptoms produced by the poison by which the deceased is supposed to have died are relevant.
  3. A is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term of 10 years. No express provision is made in the Indian Penal Code for the punishment of such a conspiracy. A shall be punished
    1. with rigorous imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years
    2. with simple imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years
    3. in the same manner as if he had committed such offence
    4. in the same manner as if he had abetted such offence
  4. How the fees for the services and the expenses of an expert witness from the Finger Print Bureau shall be disbursed?
    1. The fees shall be paid to the expert in cash at once.
    2. The fees shall be credited to the State Government, except the travelling allowance which shall be paid to the expert.
    3. The fees shall be sent to the expert by cheque or demand draft.
    4. The fees including travelling expenses shall be credited to the State Government.
  5. No District Magistrate has the authority to direct the Public Prosecutor to present an appeal to the Court of Session from an order of acquittal passed by a Magistrate unless it is in respect of a
    1. cognizable or bailable offence
    2. cognizable and bailable offence
    3. cognizable or non-bailable offence
    4. cognizable and non-bailable offence
  6. A is the son of B whose husband is C. C admits the marriage but denies that he is the father of A. According to C, A is the son of D with whom B had illicit relationship. How could C establish his contention?
    1. By proving that C had no sexual intercourse with B at any time when A could have been begotten.
    2. By proving that A was bom within 280 .days after the marriage
    3. By proving that B 85 D had access to each other at any time when A could have been begotten
    4. By proving that B 85 C had no access to each other at any time when A could have been begotten.
  7. Which among the following offences in the Indian Penal Code is not triable by an Assistant Sessions Judge?
    1. 372
    2. 366 A
    3. 364 A
    4. 373
  8. An accused was remanded to judicial custody at 5.05 p.m. The remand was extended from time to time. How the period of 60 days mentioned in the proviso to sub-sec (2) of Sec. 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is computed under the Criminal Rules of Practice, Kerala?
    1. The day on which the remand was made and the day on which the accused is ordered to be produced shall be excluded.
    2. The day on which the remand was made shall be included but the day on which the accused is ordered to be produced shall be excluded.
    3. The day on which the remand was made and the day on which the accused is ordered to be produced shall be included.
    4. The day on which the remand was made shall be excluded but the day on which the accused is ordered to be produced shall be included.
  9. When can a Sessions Judge u/s.299 of the Code of Criminal Procedure record the deposition of a witness produced on behalf of the prosecution?
    1. When it is proved that the accused person has absconded and that there is no immediate prospect of arresting him.
    2. When it is proved that the accused person has absconded and that the witness is about to leave India.
    3. When it appears that the accused person is likely to abscond.
    4. When it appears that the accused person is likely to influence the witness.
  10. Mark the odd one.
    1. 53 of the Indian Evidence Act
    2. 54 of the Indian Evidence Act
    3. 55 of the Indian Evidence Act
    4. 56 of the Indian Evidence Act

 

  1. Which among the following is the correct statement?
    1. The members of an unlawful assembly are guilty of the offence of rioting only if both force and violence are used by such assembly in prosecution of the common object of the assembly.
    2. All the members of an unlawful assembly are liable to be punished u/s. 148 of the Indian Penal Code if any of them while rioting was armed with a deadly weapon.
    3. An assembly which was not unlawful when it assembled may subsequently become an unlawful assembly.
    4. Whoever hires or engages any person to join an unlawful assembly shall be punishable as an abettor but not as a member of such unlawful assembly.
  2. Identify the Rule in the Criminal Rules of Practice, Kerala which is not made applicable to sessions cases.
    1. Rule 15
    2. Rule 16
    3. Rule 17
    4. Rule 18
  3. Which among the following is incorrect?
    1. A is tried upon a charge of theft and acquitted. He cannot afterwards, while the acquittal remains in force, be charged with criminal breach of trust upon the same facts.
    2. A is tried for causing grievous hurt and convicted. The person injured afterwards dies. A may not afterwards be tried for culpable homicide upon the same facts.
    3. A is charged before the Court of Session and convicted of culpable homicide of B. A may not afterwards be tried on the same facts for the murder of B.
    4. A is charged by a Magistrate of the First Class with, and convicted by him of, voluntarily causing hurt to B. A may not afterwards be tried for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to B on the same facts, unless the consequence had not happened or were not known to the court to have happened at the time when he was convicted.
  4. Identify the document in favour of which the presumption u/s.80 of the Indian Evidence Act is not available.
    1. Statement of a prisoner given to a Magistrate, recorded by him in accordance with the law and signed by him.
    2. Confession of an accused made to a Magistrate, recorded by him in accordance with the law and signed by him.
    3. Statement given by a witness u/s.164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to a Magistrate, recorded by him in accordance with the law and signed by him.
    4. Deposition of a witness recorded by a Magistrate in a judicial proceeding in accordance with the law and signed by him.
  5. A hurt which causes the sufferer to be during the space of………… in severe bodily pain is designated as ‘grievous’.
    1. 10 days
    2. 14 days
    3. 18 days
    4. 20 days
  6. A Court of Session has taken cognizance of an offence punishable u/s.500 of the Indian Penal Code upon a written complaint filed by the Public Prosecutor. The complaint alleges that the accused published a .libel against a Minister of the Union. What shall be the procedure to be followed?
    1. The Sessions Judge shall frame a charge against the accused and, by order, transfer the case for trial to the Chief Judicial Magistrate or any other Judicial Magistrate of the First Class.
    2. The Sessions Judge shall try the case in accordance with the procedure for the trial of sessions cases.
    3. The Sessions Judge shall try the case in accordance with the procedure for the trial of warrant-cases instituted otherwise than on a police report before a Court of Magistrate.
    4. The Sessions Judge shall try the case in accordance with the procedure for the trial of warrant-cases instituted upon a police report before a Court of Magistrate.
  7. Choose the correct statement.
    1. A witness may give oral evidence of statements made by other persons about the contents of documents if such statements are in themselves relevant facts.
    2. Witnesses to character may be cross-examined but not re-examined.
    3. An accomplice is not a competent witness against an accused person.
    4. A person summoned merely to produce a document can be cross- examined.
  8. Two courts subordinate to different High Courts have taken cognizance of the same offence. A question arises as to which of those two courts ought to try that offence. The question shall be decided by
    1. the Supreme Court of India.
    2. the High Court within the local limits of whose appellate criminal jurisdiction the proceedings were first commenced.
    3. any of the High Courts as the Supreme Court may direct.
    4. the High Court which was first approached to decide it.

PART Y

[In this Part, there are 18 descriptive type questions (answers not to exceed 100 words) carrying 7 marks each. Of these 18 questions, 12 questions are to be answered(the first 12 answers alone will be evaluated if more than 12 questions are answered). Answers to the questions in this Part should be written in the Answer Book bearing Serial (Y). Answers written elsewhere will not be valued.]
  1. A person is arrested on a charge of committing rape. He refuses to subject himself to medical examination. Discuss the law on the subject.
  2. What is primary evidence? Secondary evidence of the existence, condition and contents of a document may be given when?
  3. When does the right of private defence of the body extend to causing death?
  4. How disposal of counterfeit coins, forged currency notes and arms and ammunition is made by a Court of Session?
  5. a) Briefly discuss the power of Courts to examine accused persons u/s.313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
  6. b) An accused person during his examination u/s.313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure expressed his willingness to be a witness for the defence. The Court examined him. Comment.
  7. Write a note on ‘Dying Declaration’.
  8. When is a person said to abet an offence and doing of a thing? What is the punishment for it?
  9. Upon committal of a case to it, a Court of Session has taken cognizance of an offence against a person who is not named as an offender in the charge-sheet filed by the police but whose complicity is evident from the materials available on record. He appeared and contended that he could not be arraigned as an accused except u/s.319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Decide.
  10. a) Can admission be proved by or on behalf of the person who makes it?
  11. b) When is oral admission as to contents of documents and electronic records relevant?
  12. c) Are admissions relevant in civil cases?
  13. Discuss briefly the situations where accused persons are entitled to bail as of right.
  14. Who are public servants within the meaning of Sec. 21 of the Indian Penal Code?
  15. When are judgments, orders or decrees of Courts of Justice relevant and conclusive proof?
  16. What particulars should a charge framed by a court contain? What shall the court do when it alters a charge?
  17. Define culpable homicide and murder. State when culpable homicide is not murder.
  18. Write short note on
    1. Thirty year old documents
    2. Estoppel
  19. Briefly discuss the provisions in the Code of Criminal Procedure regarding the custody and disposal of property pending trial and disposal of property at the conclusion of trial.
  20. Write a note on legal insanity’.
  21. Discuss and explain autrefois acquit and autrefois convict.

PART – Z

[The only question (Judgement Writing) carrying 30 marks in this Part is compulsory. Answer to the question in this Part should he written in the Answer Book bearing Serial (Z). Answer written elsewhere will not be valued.]
  1. Write judgment on the basis of the materials given below:

Sessions Case No. 300 of 2010

Accused            :           Valsala

Crime No.290of2009, Kottayam East Police Station

C.P No. 152 of 2010 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class – I, Kottayam

Charge – Under Secs. 302 and 318 of the Indian Penal Code

Prosecution Case

The accused gave birth to an illegitimate female baby at 2.00 p.m on 15.09.2009 at the District Hospital, Kottayam. On the next day she brought the baby to her house bearing door No.9/510 of Kottayam Municipality. She killed the child on 17.09.2009 by smothering with a pillow. She secretly buried the corpse in her bedroom. She did so to conceal the birth of the child.

Prosecution Evidence

PWs 1 to 8 were examined

Exts PI to P10, Cl and MOs 1 to 4 were Marked
Prosecution Witnesses

PW1       –           Rajan

PW2       –           Dr. Elza

PW3       –           Sarada

PW4       –           Dr Mathew

PW5       –           Dr Bindu

PW6       –           Joseph

PW7       –           Hassankutty

PW8       –           Sukumaran

Exhibits

PI –         FI Statement

PI (a) –   FIR

P2 –        IP Register

P2(a) –   Entry in Ext.P2 at page 816 regarding the delivery of a child by Smt.T.Valsala (Accused)

P3 –        Seizure Mahazar (IP Register)

P4 –        Postmortem certificate

P5 –        Medical certificate issued by Dr Bindu after examining the accused

P6 –        Inquest report

P7 –        Scene Mahazar
P8 – . Seizure Mahazar (MOs 1 to 4)

P9 –        Ownership certificate

P10 –      Plan of the scene of occurrence

Cl –         Chemical analysis report

Material Objects Marked

M01 – Bedsheet

M02 – Pillow

M03 – Shirt

M04 – A piece of cloth

PW1
Examination-in-chief

I know the accused. She resides in her own house. My house is adjacent to her house. My wife Sarada (CW 5) told me that a few days ago the accused delivered a female child and that the child was missing. As suggested by my wife and others I went to Kottayam East Police Station on 20.09.2009 to report the matter. The Sub-Inspector of Police recorded my statement and I signed it. This is. the statement given by me and it bears my signature (FI Statement shown and marked as Ext.Pl).
Cross-examination

I did not tell the Sub-Inspector that the accused killed her baby. Witness adds – But I told him that I had strong suspicion about the missing of the child. I deny that I did not give any statement to the police on 20.09.2009. I deny that I gave the statement a week thereafter.
PW2

Examination-in-chief

I am a Gynecologist. I am working at the District Hospital, Kottayam. I had attended the accused in this case at the District Hospital before and after her delivery. I examined the accused on 15.09.2009. She had labour pain at that time. She delivered a female baby at 2.00p.m on 15.09.2009. She was discharged from the hospital on the next day at her request. The details of the case are available in the IP register maintained in the District Hospital, Kottayam for the year 2009. I produced it before the Circle Inspector as directed by him. This register shown to me is the said IP register (Marked as Ext.P2). The Circle Inspector seized it and prepared a seizure mahazar which I attested. This document shown to me is the said seizure mahazar and it bears my signature (Marked as Ext.P3). Ext.P2 was returned to me on execution of a bond. I produced it in court today as directed in the summons received by me. The entry in Ext.P2 pertaining to the accused and rriade by me is this (The witness points out the entiy – The said entry is marked as Ext.P2(a)). Smt.T.Valsala, 28 years, W/o.Rajan, 9/510 Thayyil House, Kanjikkuzhy, Kottayam was admitted in the hospital as I.P No.3311 at 11.30 a.m on 15.09.2009; she delivered a female baby at 2.00 p.m on the same day and she was discharged at her request at 12.30 p.m on 16.09.2009. The police questioned me and recorded my statement.
Cross-examination

Nil

PW3

Examination-in-chief

PW1 Rajan is my husband. I am a neighbor of the accused. My house is adjacent to her house. We are relatives also. The house where the accused stays belongs to her. The husband of the accused used to come to her house occasionally only. He used to visit her only once or twice a year. The accused delivered a female baby on 15.09.2009 at the Government Hospital, Kottayam. I visited her at her house on 16.09.2009 to see her and the newborn. I saw both the mother and the child and talked to the mother. At that time the accused was feeding her child. The baby was a normal child. I saw the accused on the days which followed but not the child. I did not see the child in the house when I visited the accused two days later. I enquired about the baby, but the accused did not reply. Madhavi (CW6) told me that something had happened to the child of the accused. It became a talk among the neighbours. I told my husband and wanted him to report the matter to the police. The police questioned me and recorded my statement.
Cross-examination

The accused has a son by name Harshan who is now approximately 12 years old. The accused and her son were staying in her house at the relevant time. The husband of the accused was not residing there, but he used to come there once or twice a year. I deny that the husband of the accused was also residing in the same house. I did not see the husband of the accused on 15.09.2009 and 16.09.2009. I put to you that the husband of the accused was present in their house on 15.09.2009, 16.09.2009 and 17.09.2009 (Q). I did not see him (A). I put to you that he was missing from the noon of 17.09.2009 (Q). He was not there on that day or on the previous days (A). I did not see the husband of the accused in her house when I visited her on the next day of her delivery. I even enquired about him and the accused told me that she was expecting him within a couple of days. I deny that I am speaking falsehood.
PW4

Examination-in-chief

While working at the District Hospital, Kottayam as Police Surgeon I conducted post-mortem examination on the exhumed body of a female child at 3.0     p.m on 20.09.2009 at the site of exhumation. The child was aged 3 days. I was present at the time of exhumation. I found the following ante mortem injuries on the corpse.

  1. A contusion 8×5 cms on the back of the head
  2. Subarachnoid bleeding on the back of the brain over cerebellum and occipital lobes.

Post-mortem findings were consistent with the history of death due to asphyxia. Asphyxia could be caused by strangulation or smothering. A child aged 3 days could be smothered to death using a pillow. This document shown to me is the postmortem certificate prepared and signed by me (Marked as Ext.P4). The investigating officer recorded my statement.
Cross-examination

Any factor which would obstruct breathing would cause asphyxia. Asphyxia could be caused by diseases as well.
Re-examination

In this case asphyxia was caused not by any disease. I said so because there was a contusion on the back of the head of the baby.
PW5

Examination-in-chief

I am working at the District Hospital, Kottayam as Assistant Surgeon. The accused in this case was sent to the District Hospital on 21.9.2009 by the Investigating Officer for medical examination. As directed by the Superintendent of the District Hospital, I examined the accused at 10.00 a.m. On examination it was revealed that the accused, had delivered a child about 5 or 6 days ago. Urine pregnancy test was also positive. I issued a certificate which is the one shown to me and it bears my signature (Marked as Ext.P5).

Cross-examination

Nil

PW6

Examination-in-chief

On 20.09.2009 I was the Tahsildar, Kottayam. I retired on 31.03.2010. On 20.09.2009 the dead body of a female child was exhumed. I was present at the time of exhumation. The corpse was buried in the bedroom of the house bearing door No.9/510 of Kottayam Municipality. I conducted inquest at the site of exhumation itself and prepared inquest report. The same is shown to me now and it bears my signature (Marked as Ext.P6).
Cross-examination

I do not know whether the house bearing door No.9/510 was in the ownership of the accused at the relevant time.
PW7

Examination-in-chief

While working as the Sub-Inspector of Police, Kottayam East Police Station, I recorded the FI Statement given by PW1 on 20.09.2009 . The same is Ext.Pl which is shown to me now. I registered the case as Crime No.290/2009 of Kottayam East Police Station under the caption ‘child missing’. This is the FIR prepared by me and it bears my signature (Marked as Ext. PI (a)). I forwarded the FIR to the Magistrate and a copy of it to the Circle Inspector of Kottayam East.
Cross-examination

I did not conduct any investigation in this case. The entire investigation was conducted by the Circle Inspector. The FI Statement was recorded at about 10.00 a.m at the police station. I was present at the scene of occurrence along with the Circle Inspector at the time of exhumation,- inquest and postmortem.
PW8

Examination-in-chief

I am Inspector of Police, Kottayam East Circle. On getting information from PW7, I proceeded to the house of the accused and reached there at about 11.0 a.m on 20.09.2009. When I inspected the floor of the bedroom, I understood that something was buried there. I thought the dead body of the child was buried there. I therefore made arrangements for exhumation and it started within an hour. I gave separate requisition to the Police Surgeon and the Tahsildar and it was in their presence the exhumation had taken place. The dead body of a baby was found in a pit made on the floor of the bedroom of the house. The dead body was wrapped in a shirt. A piece of cloth was seen in the pit at the bottom.

I examined the scene of occurrence and prepared scene mahazar. It was attested by CW7 Hamza and CW8 Joseph. Both of them are in Dubai now. This is the said scene mahazar prepared by me and it bears my signature (Marked as Ext.P7).

I saw blood stains on the shirt with which the corpse was wrapped and also on the piece of cloth which was found at the bottom of the pit. I therefore seized them. There was a cot in the bedroom. I saw a pillow on the cot. A bedsheet was seen kept under the pillow. I seized the bedsheet as well as the pillow. I saw blood stains on the pillow and the bedsheet. I seized the aforesaid bedsheet, pillow, shirt and piece of cloth. I prepared a seizure mahazar at the time of seizure of the above said material objects. It was attested by CW10 Kumaran and CW11 Santhosh. Both of them died in an accident three months ago. This is the said seizure mahazar which bears my signature (Marked as Ext.P8). I can identify the aforesaid material objects seized by me under Ext.P8. This is the said bedsheet (Marked as MOl). This is the said pillow (Marked as M02). This is the said shirt (Marked as M03). This is the said piece of cloth (Marked as M04).

The. Tahsildar conducted inquest and the Police Surgeon conducted autopsy at the site of exhumation. I arrested the accused at about 6.00 p.m. At that time WPC 312 and WPC 113 were present. The accused was kept in the lock up of the Women Cell, Kottayam till the next morning.

Next day I forwarded the accused to the District Hospital escorted by two women police constables attached to the Women Cell. PW5 examined the accused and forwarded Ext.P5 medical certificate to me. On the same day I went to the District Hospital, Kottayam. Ext.P2 (IP Register)was produced before me by PW2. I perused the relevant-entry in it which is Ext.P2 (a). Since the Register was necessary for daily use in the hospital, I returned it to PW2 on a kychit executed by her. On the same day I forwarded MOs 1 to 4 to the Forensic Science Laboratory for chemical examination. This is the report of chemical examination (Marked as Ext.C.l).

I produced the accused before the Magistrate at 4.00 p.m on 21.09.2009 along with remand report. On my requisition, the Secretary of Kottayam Municipality issued this certificate shown to me (Marked as Ext.P9). It is certified therein that the house bearing door No.510 of Ward-9 of Kottayam Municipality was assessed in the name of Smt.T.Valsala, 9/510 Thayyil House, Kanjikkuzhy’, Kottayam. It is also certified by the Secretary that he verified the assessment register for the years 2005 to 2010 to issue Ext.P9. I made a request to the Village Officer to prepare the plan of the scene of occurrence. The plan prepared by him was forwarded to me. This is the said plan (Marked as Ext.PIO). I questioned the witnesses, concluded the investigation and filed the final report.
Cross-examination

Nobody saw the accused smothering the child. I did not fix the place of occurrence basing on my guess. The dead body was buried on the floor of the bedroom. I saw a blood stained pillow and a bedsheet on a cot kept in the same room. I did not suspect the husband of the accused. I therefore did not conduct any investigation against him. I do not know whether the husband of the accused is absconding. I do not know to whom did M03 shirt belong. It was the shirt with which the corpse was seen wrapped. I put to you that it was the shirt of the husband of the accused (Q). I do not know (A). I am not sure whether the accused and her husband were on unfriendly terms. The husband of the accused visited her house occasionally only. I put to you that the child and the husband of the accused were missing since 17.09.2009 (Q). The child was missing. I do not know about the husband of the accused (A). I put to you that the acused was under the impression that her husband had taken the child with him (Q). If that be true, the accused would definitely have complained to the police, which she did not do(A). I put to you that you did not conduct the investigation properly(Q). I deny(A).
Contents of Ext.Cl Chemical Examination Report

Bedsheet – Human blood was detected, but the quantity was insufficient to determine the group.

Pillow

Shirt                                          Human blood belonging to A group detected

Piece of cloth

Examination of the accused u/s.313 Cr. P.C

The accused denied all the incriminating evidence and circumstances relied on by the prosecution and stated as under: I am totally innocent. My husband was residing with me but our relationship was not cordial. He always suspected my chastity. He even stated that he was not the father of the newborn child. On 17.09.2009 when I returned to my house after taking bath in a nearby stream, I found my husband and child missing. I was under the impression that he had taken the child. I was under the belief that my husband would return with the child within a few days. My neighbours and relatives are not on good terms with me.

Defence (evidence

Nil

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