The CLAT exam requires strong analytical skills, critical thinking, and careful reading, along with a clear understanding of the Criminal Law. This article provides a set of MCQs on Criminal Law to help you practice and strengthen your knowledge with the help of detailed solutions, which will support your CLAT 2026 exam preparation.
Whether you're revising the basics or testing your knowledge, these MCQs will serve as a valuable practice resource.
The CLAT 2026 exam is expected to follow a similar trend to the CLAT 2025, with a total of 120 questions for one mark, and 0.25 marks are deducted for each incorrect answer.
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CLAT MCQs on Criminal Law
1. Principle: An act done by a person who is bound by law to do it is not an offence. Facts: 'A', a police officer, without a warrant, apprehends 'Z', who has committed murder.
A 'A' is guilty of the offence of wrongful confinement
B 'A' is not guilty of the offence of wrongful confinement
C 'A' may be guilty of the offence of wrongful restraint
D 'A' cannot apprehend 'Z' without a warrant issued by a court
2. Principle: When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of a common intention, each is liable as if he alone committed it. Facts: Roshan, with friends Tushar and Tarang, went to Darshan’s house to avenge an insult. They opened fire; Tushar and Tarang’s shots killed Darshan, Roshan’s shots missed.
A Roshan not liable for murder as his shots missed
B Only Tushar and Tarang liable for murder as their shots hit
C Roshan, Tushar, and Tarang liable for murder
D Roshan liable to a lesser extent since his shots missed
3. Principle: No act done in good faith for another’s benefit is an offence, even if harm results. Facts: 'A', a surgeon, in good faith tells a patient he cannot live. The patient dies from shock.
A 'A' has committed offence of causing death
B 'A' has not committed offence of causing death
C 'A' partially committed offence
D None of the above
4. Principle: Furnishing false information knowingly to a public servant is an offence. Facts: Sawant, knowing of a murder in his estate, tells the Magistrate falsely it was a snake-bite accident.
A Sawant not guilty
B Sawant guilty of furnishing false information
C Sawant not bound to furnish true info
D Sawant has discretion to furnish true info
5. Principle: Whoever unlawfully or negligently does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life, shall be guilty of a negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life. Facts: 'K', a person, knowing he is suffering from Cholera, travels by a train without informing the railway officers of his condition.
A 'K' has committed an unlawful and negligent act, which is likely to spread the infection of Cholera disease dangerous to the life of fellow-passengers
B Railway officers are guilty of an unlawful and negligent act, as 'K' who is suffering from Cholera disease has travelled by the train
C 'K' has not committed an unlawful and negligent act, which is likely to spread the infection of Cholera disease dangerous to the life of fellow-passengers
D Both 'K' and Railway officers are guilty of an unlawful and negligent act, which is likely to spread the infection of Cholera disease dangerous to the life of fellow-passengers
6. Principle: Whoever drives any vehicle, or rides, on any public way in a manner so rash or negligent as to endanger human life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person, has committed an offence, which shall be punished in accordance with the law. Facts: 'X', a truck driver, driving his vehicle rashly and negligently at a high speed, climbed the footpath and hit 'Y', a pedestrian, from behind causing his death.
A 'X' is not guilty of rash and negligent driving
B 'Y' should have taken sufficient care on the footpath
C 'X' is guilty of rash and negligent driving
D 'X' is only in part guilty of rash and negligent driving
7. Principle: Whoever causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death, or with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death, commits the offence of culpable homicide. Facts: 'B' causes the death of 'A' by a violent act intending to cause bodily injury.
A 'B' has committed the offence of culpable homicide
B 'A' has committed the offence of culpable homicide
C Both 'A' and 'B' have committed the offence of culpable homicide
D None of them has committed the offence of culpable homicide
8. Principle: Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any movable property out of the possession of any person without that person’s consent, moves that property in order to take such taking, is said to commit theft. Facts: 'Z' going on a journey, entrusts his plate to the possession of 'A', the keeper of a warehouse, till 'Z' shall return. Then, 'A' carries the plate to a goldsmith and sells it.
A 'A' has committed theft
B 'A' has not committed theft
C 'A' lawfully sold the plate to the goldsmith
D None of the above is true
9. Principle: Whoever makes any false document or part of a document with intent to cause damage or injury, to the public or to any person, or to support any claim or title, or to cause any person to part with property, or to enter into any express or implied contract, or with intent to commit fraud or that fraud may be committed, commits forgery. Facts: 'A' without Z's authority, affixes Z's seal to a document purporting to be a conveyance of an estate from 'Z' to 'A', with the intention of selling the estate to 'B' and thereby obtaining from 'B' the purchase-money.
A 'B' has committed forgery
B 'Z' has committed forgery
C 'A' has committed forgery
D 'A' and 'B' have committed forgery
10. Principle: Whoever intentionally uses force to any person, without that person’s consent, in order to the committing of any offence, or intending by the use of such force to cause, or knowing it to be likely that the use of such force he will cause injury, fear or annoyance to the person to whom the force is used, is said to use criminal force to that other. Facts: 'A' has used criminal force to 'Z'.
A 'A' has committed criminal force to 'Z'
B 'A' has no intention to use criminal force to 'Z'
C 'A' has used force with the consent of 'Z'
D None of the above is correct
11. Principle: When two or more persons agree to do, or cause to be done, (1) an illegal act, or (2) an act which is not illegal by itself, but by such agreement such persons are said to have been engaged in a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence. It is said that no consummation of the crime need be achieved or even attempted. Facts: 'X', 'Y' and 'Z' plan to kill 'D'. They agree that only one among them, that is 'Z', will execute the plan. In pursuance of it ‘Z’ buys a gun and loads it.
A Only ‘Z’ can be charged with criminal conspiracy to kill ‘D’
B All of them, i.e., ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Z’, can be charged with criminal conspiracy to kill ‘D’
C ‘X’ and ‘Y’ cannot be charged with criminal conspiracy to kill ‘D’
D None of them can be charged with criminal conspiracy to kill ‘D’
12. Principle: 'Wrongful gain' is gain by unlawful means of property to which the person gaining is not legally entitled. 'Wrongful loss' is the loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it is legally entitled. Facts: 'X' takes away 'Y's watch out of 'Y's possession, without 'Y's consent and with the intention of keeping it.
A ‘X’ causes 'wrongful gain' to ‘Y’
B ‘Y’ causes 'wrongful gain' to ‘X’
C ‘X’ causes 'wrongful loss' to ‘Y’
D ‘Y’ causes 'wrongful loss' to ‘X’
13. Principle: Nothing is an offence by reason that it causes, or that it is intended to cause, or that it is known to be likely to cause, any harm, if that harm is so slight that no person of ordinary sense and temper would complain of such harm. Facts: 'X' takes a plain sheet of paper from 'Y’s drawer without 'Y’s consent to write a letter to his friend.
A 'X' has committed an offence in the above context
B 'X' has committed no offence in the above context
C 'Y' can sue 'X' for an offence in the above context
D None of the above is correct in the above context
14. Principle: When an act which would otherwise be a certain offence, is not that offence by reason of the youth, the want of maturity of understanding, the unsoundness of mind or the intoxication of the person doing that act, or by reason of any misconception on the part of that person, every person has the same right of private defence against that act which he would have if the act were that offence. Facts: 'X', under the influence of madness, attempts to kill 'Y'.
A ‘Y’ has the right of private defence against ‘X’
B ‘Y’ does not have the right of private defence against ‘X’
C ‘Y’ has the right of private defence against ‘X’, only if ‘X’ is not under the influence of madness
D ‘X’ has the right of private defence against ‘Y’
15. Y makes an attempt to steal some jewels by breaking open a box and finds, opening the box, that there is no jewel in it. Choose the appropriate answer.
A Y is not guilty of attempt to theft because the box was empty
B Y is guilty of attempt to commit theft
C Y is guilty of trespass
D Y is not guilty of any offence
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