Forensic Law: Criminal Law Provisions and Forensic-Legal Framework

This second easy-level mock covers a completely fresh set of forensic law provisions — no repetition from the first easy mock — including the IPC homicide provisions, confession rules, confession in police custody, the JJ Act definition of juvenile, police case diary, the PMLA, inquest definition, search and seizure authorities, dowry definition, the MTP Act, oral evidence being direct, the PCA and trap operations, identity of persons as relevant facts, the NIA Act, public documents, autopsy reports in murder trials, Section 319 CrPC, rape accused examination, police property seizure powers, disappearance of evidence, and the Identification of Prisoners Act.

Questions cover Section 302 IPC / 101 BNS (murder punishment — death or life imprisonment), Section 24 IEA (confession caused by inducement irrelevant), Section 299 IPC / 100 BNS (culpable homicide definition — three mental states), Section 304 IPC / 105 BNS (culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Part I vs Part II), Section 8 IEA (motive, preparation, and conduct as relevant facts), Section 26 IEA (confession in police custody inadmissible unless before a magistrate), Section 304A IPC / 106 BNS (causing death by rash or negligent act — no intention or knowledge), Section 30 IEA (co-accused confession taken into account in joint trial with caution), Section 3 IEA (fact in issue definition), JJ Act 2015 (child = below 18; heinous offences + 16–18 = JJB assessment for adult trial), Section 172 BNSS (police case diary — not admissible but can contradict IO), PMLA 2002 (money laundering offence), Section 91 BNSS (court/police summons to produce document or thing), Section 45B IEA (DNA expert opinion specifically relevant), inquest definition (Section 174/176 BNSS), Section 100 BNSS (search in presence of two independent panchas), Dowry Prohibition Act definition, Section 174 IPC / 209 BNS (non-attendance before public servant), MTP Act forensic relevance (rape victims, gestational age), Section 60 IEA / 56 BSA (oral evidence must be direct), Prevention of Corruption Act (trap operations, phenolphthalein notes), Section 9 IEA (explanatory facts, identity of persons), NIA Act 2008, Section 74 IEA / 71 BSA (public documents), autopsy report relevance in Section 302 IPC trial, Section 319 CrPC / 358 BNSS (adding accused during trial), Section 53A CrPC / 52 BNSS (rape accused examination), Section 102 BNSS (property seizure), Section 201 IPC / 238 BNS (causing disappearance of evidence), and the Identification of Prisoners Act 1920 vs CPI Act 2022.

Topics covered:

• IPC/BNS homicide provisions: Sections 299, 300, 302, 304, 304A
• IEA confession rules: Sections 24, 26, 27, 30 and their interrelation
• IEA relevancy: Sections 8, 9, 60, 74
• BNSS investigation powers: Sections 91, 100, 102, 172
• BNSS examination provisions: Sections 51, 52, 53A
• BNSS court powers: Sections 319, 358
• Special statutes: PMLA, PCA, MTP Act, Dowry Prohibition Act, JJ Act, NIA Act
• Identification legislation: IPA 1920 and CPI Act 2022

Allow 30 minutes.