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Legal Studies Question on Criminal Law

Pick the incorrect statement about arrest by police without warrant.

A

A person may be arrested if he commits, in the presence of a police officer, a cognizable offence.

B

A person may be arrested if against him a reasonable complaint has been made, or credible information has been received, or a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed a cognizable offence punishable with imprisonment for a term which may be less than seven years or which may extend to seven years subject to fulfilment of certain conditions.

C

A person may be arrested if he has been proclaimed as an offender.

D

A person in whose possession anything stolen is found and he may not have committed any offence in relation to that thing.

Answer

A person in whose possession anything stolen is found and he may not have committed any offence in relation to that thing.

Explanation

Solution

The correct option is (D): A person in whose possession anything stolen is found and he may not have committed any offence in relation to that thing.