All India Bar Examination (AIBE) 17-XVII Previous Year Question Papers with Answers

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66.

An offence for which, a police officer may arrest a person without warrant is known as -

A: Non-cognizable offence
B: Cognizable offence
C: Bailable offence
D: None of these

The answer is: B

Explanation

The correct option is B: Cognizable offence.

A cognizable offence is an offence for which a police officer may arrest a person without a warrant, as per the First Schedule of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 or under any other law for the time being in force.

Cognizable offences are generally serious and heinous crimes, such as murder, rape, kidnapping, theft, etc.

Non-cognizable offences are those for which a police officer cannot arrest a person without a warrant, and they are mostly minor or less serious offences, such as cheating, forgery, assault, etc.

Bailable and non-bailable offences are different from cognizable and non-cognizable offences, as they relate to the grant of bail to the accused person. Bailable offences are those for which bail can be granted as a matter of right, while non-bailable offences are those for which bail is not a matter of right, but depends on the discretion of the court.