| Legal Principle Nothing is an 'offence, if committed by a child below seven years of age. Fact Situation Adil, aged six years, is a student of class one. He placed his sharpened pencil on the bench with its pointed end up when his classmate Ajay stood up to answer a question from the teacher. Ajay gets hurt when he sits on the pencil and Adil and his friends have a good laugh. Ajay's father, on seeing his son injured when he returns home, wants action against Adil. |
| Which of the following statements is the most appropriate in relation to the legal principle stated above? |
A) Adil has committed an 'offence'.
B) Adil has not committed any 'offence'.
C) Childish pranks cannot be investigated by the police.
D) The class teacher must be arrested
Correct Answer: B
Solution :
Sol. In the given Legal Principle, nothing considered as an offence, if committed by a child below seven years of age. Adil, the boy mentioned in the Fact Situation is aged six years. Thus, his act with his classmate is not an offence as per this legal principle.
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