CORPUS DELICTI
Corpus delicti means:
March 2009
| A |
Inquest of death |
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| B |
Postmortem findings |
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| C |
Death by asphyxia |
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| D |
Essence of crime |
Corpus delicti means:
March 2009
| A |
Inquest of death |
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| B |
Postmortem findings |
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| C |
Death by asphyxia |
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| D |
Essence of crime |
Ans. D: Essence of crime
Corpus delicti /body of crime is a term which refer to the principle that it must be proven that a crime has occurred before a person can be convicted of committing the crime.
Corpus delicti means:
TN 07; AIIMS 08
| A |
Proof of occurrence of crime |
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| B |
Decomposed body |
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| C |
Identification of dead person |
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| D |
None |
Corpus delicti means:
TN 07; AIIMS 08
| A |
Proof of occurrence of crime |
|
| B |
Decomposed body |
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| C |
Identification of dead person |
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| D |
None |
Ans. Proof of occurrence of crime
Corpus deliciti stands for ‑
| A |
Body of court proceedings |
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| B |
Body of offence |
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| C |
Body of proof |
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| D |
Body of evidence |
Corpus deliciti stands for ‑
| A |
Body of court proceedings |
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| B |
Body of offence |
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| C |
Body of proof |
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| D |
Body of evidence |
Ans. is ‘b’ i.e., Body of offence
The Corpus Delicti: (the body of offence: the essence of crime)
- It stands for the facts of any criminal offence.
- Eg : corpus delicti of murder is the fact that the person died from unlawful violence.
- It includes the body of the victim and the other facts which are conclusive of death by foul play, such as bullet or a broken knife blade found in the body and responsible for death.
