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Question Bank for Criminal Jurisprudence LLM: These are the questions asked in LLM Paper in exams of various universities across India.

Type I: Essay Type Questions (Expected Answer 2000 to 2500 words)

1. Elaborate stages of commission of crime. **
2. What is Crime, Define crime and essential element of crime?
3. Discuss law related to Right of Private Defence of body and property. ***
4. Explain ‘Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’ with case-laws.  **
5. Principle of Group Liability in a crime. Explain postmaster and other case laws. **
6. Enumerate general exceptions under S. 76 to 106. Discuss in detail any three of them. **
7. Explain the concept of Decriminalization with reference to Adultery, Unnatural Offence, Attempt of Suicide, & Triple Talaq. **
8. Distinguish between common intention and common object in a context of law relating to joint offenders.
9. List and elaborately explain with proper illustrations various theories of Punishment. Which theory in your opinion is applicable in the Indian scenario.
10. The doctrine of presumption of innocence is outcome of particular political philosophy in which individual liberty was valued to the utmost. Discuss.
11. Discuss the necessity of administration of justice. Are criminal laws are harmful to the society at large.
12. What do you mean by Administration of Justice? Explain its functions, advantages and disadvantages.
13. Enumerate on the kinds of Punishment stated in the Indian Penal Code.
14. Discuss the importance of mens rea in criminal law. Also explain the role of mens rea in statutory offences with the help of relevant case laws.
15. “Compensation to the victims of crime in India is the vanishing point of Criminal Jurisprudence.” Comment. Support your answer with the help of legal provisions and decided cases.
16. “Whereas in criminal conspiracy an agreement between two or more persons is needed, in abetment by conspiracy an engagement between them is enough,” Examine.
17. What test has the Supreme Court prescribe to understand the “rarest of the rare cases‟ while inflicting capital punishment? Can one argue that capital punishment in any case is against human rights jurisprudence?
18. Critically examine the statement with reasons and examples – The defence of irresistible impulse has frequently been rejected in charges of murder.
19. Amplify the view that our penal law does not recognize insanity that affects our emotions which prompt our actions, and the will by which our actions are performed.
20. Explain Constitutional Rights to Judicial remedies.

Type II: Write short notes on (Expected Answer 1000 to 1200 words)

1. International Criminal Court ***
2. Strict Liability and Vicarious Liability
3. Concept of Criminal Conspiracy
4. Principle of “Mistake of Law and Mistake of Fact”
5. Ignorance of Law –No Excuse.
6. Inchoate crimes
7. Strict liability

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