Punishments Questions and Answers

Q: Which is the first country of the world, introduced its nationwide criminal injuries compensation program in 1963 ?

The first country was New Zealand.New Zealand's Criminal Injuries Compensation Act, 1963 created the first state scheme for compensating victims of violent crime. Britain set up its non-statutory Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in 1964, and California began the first American state programme in 1965.So England and America followed New Zealand, and France's scheme came later still.

Q: Whoever brings into, or takes out of, India, any arms or ammunition in contravention of section 10 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than

The minimum is two years, which may extend to five years, with fine.Bringing arms or ammunition into India, or taking them out, in contravention of section 10 of the Arms Act is an offence under section 25(1B)(f), punishable in the current text with imprisonment of not less than two years but up to five years and fine. The court may give less than the minimum only for adequate and special reasons recorded in the judgment.Option C, one year to three years, is the older text of section 25(1B). The three-year minimum in options B and D belongs to the higher tier in section 25(1C) for disturbed areas (three to seven years), and option D leaves out the fine that the section also requires.

Q: What is the minimum punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders under the NDPS Act ?

The minimum punishment is 10 years.Section 27A of the NDPS Act punishes whoever finances illicit traffic, directly or indirectly, or harbours persons engaged in it, with rigorous imprisonment for not less than ten years, which may extend to twenty years, and a fine of one to two lakh rupees.Six months and one year are far below this mandatory minimum. Life imprisonment is not the punishment the section prescribes; its upper limit is twenty years.

Q: Whoever, in contravention of any provisions of NDPS Act or any rule or order made or condition of a licence granted thereunder, produces, possesses, transports, imports inter-State, uses or omits to warehouse poppy straw or removes or does any act in respect of warehoused poppy straw shall be punishable where the contravention involves small quantity with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to

The maximum term for a small quantity is 1 year.Section 15 of the NDPS Act grades the punishment for offences involving poppy straw by quantity. Where the contravention involves a small quantity, the punishment is rigorous imprisonment which may extend to one year, or fine up to ten thousand rupees, or both. An intermediate quantity carries up to ten years, and a commercial quantity ten to twenty years.Six months was the term for small quantities before the 2014 amendment raised it to one year. Ten years is the maximum for an intermediate quantity, and life imprisonment is not provided in section 15.

Q: Which one of the following is not an offence under the NDPS Act, 1985 ?

The key names possessing dried ganja leaves as the item that is not an offence.The NDPS Act defines ganja as the flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant, and excludes the seeds and leaves when they are not accompanied by the tops. Dried leaves alone are therefore not ganja, and possessing them is not an offence under the Act's ganja provisions. Smoking ganja, option A, is consumption of a narcotic drug and is punishable.The same definition leaves seeds out as well, so option B is open to the same objection, and producing seeds, option D, may be tied to cultivating the plant, which is an offence. The printed question therefore has more than one arguable answer, and the Commission's key is the one recorded here.

Q: Whoever acquires, has in his possession or carries any prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition in contravention of section 7 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a minimum term of

The minimum term is seven years.Section 25(1A) of the Arms Act punishes whoever acquires, has in his possession or carries any prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition in contravention of section 7 with imprisonment for a term not less than seven years, which may extend to fourteen years, and fine.Three, five and ten years are not the minimum the section fixes for this offence; the seven-year floor reflects how seriously the Act treats prohibited weapons, which ordinary citizens cannot be licensed to hold at all.

Q: According to Section 11 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, a Court may sentence a convicted person to solitary confinement for a period not exceeding

Solitary confinement may not exceed three months in total.Section 11 of the BNS lets a Court order part of a sentence of rigorous imprisonment to be solitary confinement, not exceeding three months in the whole: up to one month if the term is six months or less, up to two months if it is more than six months but not more than a year, and up to three months if it is longer.Six months, a year and the entire term all exceed the statutory limit.

Q: According to Section 12 of the BNS, what is the maximum length of a solitary confinement period that can be executed without a break, under any circumstance ?

The maximum continuous period is 14 days.Section 12 of the BNS provides that solitary confinement shall never exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of not less than the length of those periods. Where the imprisonment exceeds three months, solitary confinement may not exceed seven days in any one month.10, 11 and 30 days do not match the statutory limit.

Q: Name the new form of punishment that has been introduced under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, along with the previous forms of punishment that already existed under the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

The new punishment is Community Service.Section 4 of the BNS lists the punishments as death, imprisonment for life, rigorous or simple imprisonment, forfeiture of property, fine and, newly, community service. It is provided for minor offences, such as petty theft of low value and attempting suicide to compel a public servant.Forfeiture of property already existed under Section 53 of the IPC, and attachment of property is a procedural step, not a punishment.

Q: What is the punishment under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for allowing the use of a premises for the commission of any offence under the Act ?

The punishment is the same as the punishment for the principal offence committed on the premises.Section 25 of the NDPS Act provides that whoever, being the owner or occupier or having control or use of any house, room, enclosure, conveyance or place, knowingly permits it to be used for committing an offence under the Act shall be punishable with the punishment provided for that offence.The Act does not reduce this to a half or a third of the punishment, and liability does not depend on the owner sharing in the drugs.

11.

Which is the first country of the world, introduced its nationwide criminal injuries compensation program in 1963 ?

A.England
B.France
C.New Zealand
D.America

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: C

The first country was New Zealand.

New Zealand's Criminal Injuries Compensation Act, 1963 created the first state scheme for compensating victims of violent crime. Britain set up its non-statutory Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in 1964, and California began the first American state programme in 1965.

So England and America followed New Zealand, and France's scheme came later still.

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12.

Whoever brings into, or takes out of, India, any arms or ammunition in contravention of section 10 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than

A.two years but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine
B.three years but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine
C.one year but which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine
D.three years but which may extend to five years

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: A

The minimum is two years, which may extend to five years, with fine.

Bringing arms or ammunition into India, or taking them out, in contravention of section 10 of the Arms Act is an offence under section 25(1B)(f), punishable in the current text with imprisonment of not less than two years but up to five years and fine. The court may give less than the minimum only for adequate and special reasons recorded in the judgment.

Option C, one year to three years, is the older text of section 25(1B). The three-year minimum in options B and D belongs to the higher tier in section 25(1C) for disturbed areas (three to seven years), and option D leaves out the fine that the section also requires.

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13.

What is the minimum punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders under the NDPS Act ?

A.6 months
B.1 year
C.10 years
D.Life imprisonment

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: C

The minimum punishment is 10 years.

Section 27A of the NDPS Act punishes whoever finances illicit traffic, directly or indirectly, or harbours persons engaged in it, with rigorous imprisonment for not less than ten years, which may extend to twenty years, and a fine of one to two lakh rupees.

Six months and one year are far below this mandatory minimum. Life imprisonment is not the punishment the section prescribes; its upper limit is twenty years.

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14.

Whoever, in contravention of any provisions of NDPS Act or any rule or order made or condition of a licence granted thereunder, produces, possesses, transports, imports inter-State, uses or omits to warehouse poppy straw or removes or does any act in respect of warehoused poppy straw shall be punishable where the contravention involves small quantity with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to

A.6 months
B.1 year
C.10 years
D.Life imprisonment

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: B

The maximum term for a small quantity is 1 year.

Section 15 of the NDPS Act grades the punishment for offences involving poppy straw by quantity. Where the contravention involves a small quantity, the punishment is rigorous imprisonment which may extend to one year, or fine up to ten thousand rupees, or both. An intermediate quantity carries up to ten years, and a commercial quantity ten to twenty years.

Six months was the term for small quantities before the 2014 amendment raised it to one year. Ten years is the maximum for an intermediate quantity, and life imprisonment is not provided in section 15.

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15.

Which one of the following is not an offence under the NDPS Act, 1985 ?

A.Smoking Ganja
B.Possessing 1 kg ganga seeds
C.Possessing dried ganja leaves
D.Producing ganga seeds

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: C

The key names possessing dried ganja leaves as the item that is not an offence.

The NDPS Act defines ganja as the flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant, and excludes the seeds and leaves when they are not accompanied by the tops. Dried leaves alone are therefore not ganja, and possessing them is not an offence under the Act's ganja provisions. Smoking ganja, option A, is consumption of a narcotic drug and is punishable.

The same definition leaves seeds out as well, so option B is open to the same objection, and producing seeds, option D, may be tied to cultivating the plant, which is an offence. The printed question therefore has more than one arguable answer, and the Commission's key is the one recorded here.

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16.

Whoever acquires, has in his possession or carries any prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition in contravention of section 7 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a minimum term of

A.three years
B.five years
C.seven years
D.ten years

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: C

The minimum term is seven years.

Section 25(1A) of the Arms Act punishes whoever acquires, has in his possession or carries any prohibited arms or prohibited ammunition in contravention of section 7 with imprisonment for a term not less than seven years, which may extend to fourteen years, and fine.

Three, five and ten years are not the minimum the section fixes for this offence; the seven-year floor reflects how seriously the Act treats prohibited weapons, which ordinary citizens cannot be licensed to hold at all.

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17.

According to Section 11 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, a Court may sentence a convicted person to solitary confinement for a period not exceeding

A.Three months in total
B.Six months in total
C.One year in total
D.The entire term of imprisonment

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: A

Solitary confinement may not exceed three months in total.

Section 11 of the BNS lets a Court order part of a sentence of rigorous imprisonment to be solitary confinement, not exceeding three months in the whole: up to one month if the term is six months or less, up to two months if it is more than six months but not more than a year, and up to three months if it is longer.

Six months, a year and the entire term all exceed the statutory limit.

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18.

According to Section 12 of the BNS, what is the maximum length of a solitary confinement period that can be executed without a break, under any circumstance ?

A.11 days
B.10 days
C.14 days
D.30 days

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: C

The maximum continuous period is 14 days.

Section 12 of the BNS provides that solitary confinement shall never exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of not less than the length of those periods. Where the imprisonment exceeds three months, solitary confinement may not exceed seven days in any one month.

10, 11 and 30 days do not match the statutory limit.

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19.

Name the new form of punishment that has been introduced under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, along with the previous forms of punishment that already existed under the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

A.Attachment of Property
B.Forfeiture of Property
C.Community Service
D.None of these

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: C

The new punishment is Community Service.

Section 4 of the BNS lists the punishments as death, imprisonment for life, rigorous or simple imprisonment, forfeiture of property, fine and, newly, community service. It is provided for minor offences, such as petty theft of low value and attempting suicide to compel a public servant.

Forfeiture of property already existed under Section 53 of the IPC, and attachment of property is a procedural step, not a punishment.

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20.

What is the punishment under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for allowing the use of a premises for the commission of any offence under the Act ?

A.Half of the punishment for the principal offence committed on the premises
B.No punishment unless the owner personally has share of the drugs
C.Same as the punishment for the principal offence committed on the premises
D.One-third of the punishment for the principal offence committed on the premises.

Exam Year(s)

Tripura Public Service Commission - 2025,

Answer: C

The punishment is the same as the punishment for the principal offence committed on the premises.

Section 25 of the NDPS Act provides that whoever, being the owner or occupier or having control or use of any house, room, enclosure, conveyance or place, knowingly permits it to be used for committing an offence under the Act shall be punishable with the punishment provided for that offence.

The Act does not reduce this to a half or a third of the punishment, and liability does not depend on the owner sharing in the drugs.

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