10 of 100 marks
AIBE 22: CrPC & Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
This subject carries 10 marks of the 100-mark paper — one of the heaviest on the syllabus. Section 45 has 85 questions on it, four times the official count.
What to carry, and where to tab
Bring the BNSS 2023, unmarked. Blank index tabs only — anything written on a tab can get the book confiscated. These are the parts this subject actually draws from:
- Art. 20(3)
- Art. 20(3), 21
- BNSS Timelines
- BNSS, Chapter I
- BNSS, Chapter II
- BNSS, Chapter II & XXIX
- BNSS, Chapter IX
- BNSS, Chapter V
- BNSS, Chapter VI
- BNSS, Chapter VII
- BNSS, Chapter X
- BNSS, Chapter XI
Provisions that recur
- § 173 BNSS
- § 175(3) BNSS
- § 35(3) BNSS
- § 187 BNSS
- § 187(3) BNSS
- § 180 BNSS
- § 183 BNSS
- § 482 BNSS
- § 478 BNSS
- § 479 BNSS
- § 144 BNSS
- § 163 BNSS
- § 193 BNSS
- § 193(3) BNSS
- § 105 BNSS
- § 176(3) BNSS
- § 356 BNSS
- § 210 BNSS
- § 218 BNSS
- § 250 BNSS
- § 351 BNSS
- § 359 BNSS
- § 396 BNSS
- § 23, § 407 BNSS
Sample questions
Three of the 85, with full explanations. The first ten are free in the app.
Information relating to the commission of a cognizable offence recorded by an officer in charge of a police station is known as:
- Complaint made to a Magistrate directly
- Charge sheet forwarded to the Magistrate
- Final report on completion of investigation
- First Information Report
Answer & explanation
First Information Report
The FIR sets the criminal law in motion. It must be reduced to writing, read over to the informant and signed. A copy is given to the informant free of cost.
A Magistrate may direct the police to investigate a cognizable case under:
- Section 180 BNSS
- Section 193 BNSS
- Section 175(3) BNSS
- Section 210 BNSS
Answer & explanation
Section 175(3) BNSS
This is the successor to Section 156(3) CrPC. It allows a Magistrate empowered under Section 210 to direct registration and investigation where the police have refused to act.
Where an offence is punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years, the police officer must ordinarily:
- Refer the matter to the Court of Session before proceeding further
- Issue a notice requiring the person to appear, instead of arresting
- Obtain the sanction of the Magistrate before effecting the arrest
- Arrest immediately and produce the person within twenty-four hours
Answer & explanation
Issue a notice requiring the person to appear, instead of arresting
Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar (2014) made compliance mandatory. The officer issues a notice directing attendance; arrest follows only if the person fails to comply or arrest is otherwise justified and reasons are recorded.
Practise
Ten questions in CrPC & Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita free, no card. Each answer cited to both codes with a line telling you where to look in the bare act.
Practise CrPC & Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita