Code of Criminal Procedure: Trial, Bail and Appeals MCQs 2026

Section 496 CrPC provides that in bailable offences the accused shall be released on bail and bail may be taken by

1. Apolice officer or court having jurisdiction✓
2. Bonly high court always without exception ever✓
3. Conly complainant always✓
4. Dno one until conviction always✓

Section 497 CrPC deals with bail in non-bailable offences and provides court may refuse bail if there appear

1. Areasonable grounds for believing accused guilty of offence punishable with death or life imprisonment✓
2. Bno evidence whatsoever always requires refusal always✓
3. Conly civil liability exists always✓
4. Daccused is wealthy always as sole ground✓

Section 498 CrPC historically empowered High Court and Sessions Court to grant bail in cases of

1. Acivil suits only always✓
2. Bcontinued detention or special circumstances even where magistrate refused, subject to law and amendments✓
3. Ctraffic challans only always✓
4. Dno court ever only police always exclusively✓

Section 435 CrPC allows Sessions Judge to exercise powers of revision from orders of

1. Ahigh court only always without magistrate orders ever✓
2. Bsupreme court only always✓
3. Ccivil judge only in pure civil suits always✓
4. Dmagistrate subordinate to Sessions division in certain proceedings✓

Section 439 CrPC empowers High Court to call for records and exercise revisional powers and also to

1. Aissue civil decrees only always✓
2. Bgrant bail in cases of persons in custody including after conviction in pending appeal in appropriate cases✓
3. Cconduct marriage registrations only always✓
4. Dnever interfere with subordinate courts ever✓

Framing of charge in sessions trial is governed among other provisions by section

1. A265C CrPC read with Chapter XVIII✓
2. B154 CrPC only always✓
3. C103 CrPC only always✓
4. D496 CrPC only always✓

Summary trials under CrPC Chapter XXI are conducted by magistrates for

1. Aall murder cases always without exception ever✓
2. Bspecified petty offences listed in schedule subject to limits✓
3. Call dacoity cases always without exception ever✓
4. Dsessions offences always without limit ever✓

Section 260 CrPC lists offences triable summarily including

1. Atheft where value does not exceed prescribed limit and certain hurt and wrongful restraint cases among others✓
2. Bmurder under s.302 always✓
3. Cdacoity under s.395 always✓
4. Dsedition always without limit ever✓

Warrant cases under Chapter XIX CrPC are those relating to offences punishable with

1. Adeath, life imprisonment or imprisonment exceeding two years✓
2. Bfine only always without imprisonment component ever✓
3. Cone month maximum always only✓
4. Dcivil penalties only always✓

Sessions trial under Chapter XVIII CrPC applies to offences triable by

1. Acivil judge only always✓
2. BCourt of Session✓
3. Cunion council only always✓
4. Dpolice station only always without magistrate or sessions✓

Section 265D CrPC requires that in sessions trial after charge is read and explained accused shall be asked whether he

1. Aabsconds automatically always without plea✓
2. Bis convicted immediately always without trial✓
3. Cforfeits bail automatically always without hearing✓
4. Dpleads guilty or claims to be tried✓

Section 265E CrPC covers procedure when accused pleads guilty in sessions trial and court may

1. Aalways acquit regardless of plea always✓
2. Brefer to civil court always in every case✓
3. Cconvict on plea if satisfied guilt is voluntary✓
4. Ddismiss charge always without recording plea✓

Section 265F CrPC requires prosecution to examine witnesses and present evidence after

1. Aaccused refuses plea of guilty or claim to be tried is recorded✓
2. Bbefore charge is framed always in every case without exception ever✓
3. Cafter final judgment always only✓
4. Dwithout charge ever in sessions always✓

Section 265G CrPC allows accused to enter on defence and produce evidence after

1. Abefore charge is read always in every case ever✓
2. Bprosecution closes case✓
3. Cbefore FIR is registered always✓
4. Dwithout prosecution evidence ever in every case always✓

Section 265H CrPC requires judgment in sessions trial after taking arguments to be

1. Aoral only without record always✓
2. Bwritten and pronouncement made in open court✓
3. Cdelivered in chamber always without parties ever✓
4. Dreserved indefinitely always without pronouncement ever✓

Section 251 CrPC in warrant trial by magistrate requires substance of accusation to be stated and accused asked whether he

1. Apleads guilty or has defence✓
2. Bwaives trial always automatically always✓
3. Cchooses civil remedy only always✓
4. Dselects jury always in every magistrate trial always in Pakistan context✓

Section 252 CrPC covers conviction on plea of guilty in warrant trial when

1. Aaccused remains silent always leading to automatic conviction always✓
2. Bprosecution presents no evidence always still requires full trial always without plea✓
3. Cmagistrate is satisfied voluntary guilt✓
4. Dcomplainant withdraws always leading to conviction always✓

Section 253 CrPC provides acquittal when magistrate considers charge not proved in warrant trial after

1. AFIR registration alone always without hearing ever✓
2. Bpolice diary alone always sufficient always without trial✓
3. Ccomplainant statement alone always without accused hearing ever✓
4. Dhearing prosecution and defence✓

Section 254 CrPC allows magistrate in warrant trial to call upon accused for defence after

1. Abefore charge always in every summary case always without exception ever✓
2. Bbefore arrest always✓
3. Cprosecution evidence is closed✓
4. Dbefore FIR always✓

Section 255 CrPC requires judgment in warrant trial by magistrate to be

1. Anever written always oral only always without record ever✓
2. Bdelivered only to police always without parties✓
3. Creserved without communication ever always✓
4. Dwritten in applicable cases and pronounced according to law✓

Section 262 CrPC provides maximum punishment in summary trials generally as

1. Aimprisonment up to three months or fine or both subject to schedule limits✓
2. Blife imprisonment always in summary trial always✓
3. Cdeath sentence always in summary trial always✓
4. Dten years minimum always in summary trial always✓

Section 263 CrPC requires record in summary trials to be

1. Afull verbatim transcript always of every witness without exception ever✓
2. Bno record ever required in any trial always✓
3. Cbrief statement of particulars and finding✓
4. Donly oral note without signature ever always✓

Section 264 CrPC covers judgment in summary trials to be

1. Anever pronounced in open court always ever✓
2. Bonly sent by post always without hearing ever✓
3. Cdeferred until appeal always without pronouncement ever✓
4. Dpronounced in manner provided and signed with record✓

Section 265 CrPC allows magistrate to stop summary trial and proceed as warrant case when

1. Aaccused requests summary always in murder always✓
2. Boffence becomes sessions triable or seriousness requires upgrade✓
3. Ccomplainant prefers summary always in dacoity always✓
4. Dnature of case requires procedure of warrant case✓

Section 437 CrPC deals with bail in non-bailable offences before magistrate including power to impose

1. Ano conditions ever allowed on any bail ever✓
2. Bonly monetary penalty on complainant always✓
3. Cconditions on bail bond✓
4. Dautomatic cancellation without hearing always without cause✓

Section 438 CrPC in jurisdictions where applicable relates to anticipatory bail; in Pakistan practice anticipatory bail is primarily through

1. Apolice station diary only always without court ever✓
2. Bunion council always exclusively✓
3. CHigh Court under inherent powers and section 498/439 as developed in case law✓
4. DFIR register only always without judicial order ever✓

Section 497 CrPC third proviso concerns bail to persons under sixteen, sick or infirm and women in certain circumstances emphasizing

1. Amandatory refusal always without exception ever✓
2. Bdiscretion to release on bail even in non-bailable cases✓
3. Cno bail ever for women always without exception ever✓
4. Dpolice-only decision always without magistrate ever✓

Section 496 CrPC second part covers when person accused of bailable offence is arrested without warrant he shall be

1. Adetained until sessions trial always without bail ever✓
2. Bsent to high court always first without police bail ever✓
3. Creleased on bail by police officer✓
4. Dheld without bail always until conviction ever✓

Section 499 CrPC requires sureties for bail to execute bond with

1. Ano bond ever required in any bail always✓
2. Bsureties as court or officer directs✓
3. Conly verbal promise always without surety ever✓
4. Dcomplainant approval only always without court ever✓

Section 500 CrPC allows court to permit release on personal bond without sureties when

1. Anever permitted in any case ever always✓
2. Bonly after death sentence always✓
3. Conly in civil cases always✓
4. Dcourt thinks fit for sufficient reasons✓

Section 501 CrPC covers release on bail of person appearing or brought up to answer charge at certain stage and requires

1. Abond execution as directed✓
2. Bimmediate conviction always without bond ever✓
3. Cno appearance ever required always✓
4. Dcomplainant custody always instead of bond ever✓

Section 502 CrPC provides that if surety becomes insufficient court may require

1. Aautomatic acquittal always without fresh surety ever✓
2. Bcomplainant becomes surety always automatically always✓
3. Cpolice custody without court order always indefinitely ever✓
4. Dfresh surety or commit to custody✓

Section 436 CrPC mandates release on bail when person accused of bailable offence is in custody without warrant and ready to give bail; officer or court shall

1. Arelease on bail✓
2. Brefuse bail always in every custody case ever✓
3. Crefer to high court always first without release ever✓
4. Ddetain until trial ends always without exception ever✓

Section 413 CrPC relates to execution of order of High Court passed on appeal or revision substituting acquittal or conviction and sending case to

1. Acivil court always only always✓
2. Bpolice station only always without court ever✓
3. Ccomplainant privately always without record ever✓
4. Dtrial court for judgment to be recorded accordingly✓

Section 417 CrPC allows State or complainant in private cases to appeal against order of acquittal in

1. Aevery civil suit always without exception ever✓
2. Btraffic fine only always without criminal trial ever✓
3. CFIR registration refusal only always without trial ever✓
4. Dsessions trial and certain other cases as provided✓

Section 418 CrPC allows accused to appeal against

1. Aonly acquittal always without exception ever✓
2. Bonly bail grant always without conviction ever✓
3. Cconviction✓
4. Donly FIR always without trial ever✓

Section 419 CrPC requires appeal to be presented to

1. Acourt which passed judgment or to proper appellate court as provided✓
2. Bpolice station always only always✓
3. Ccomplainant house always only always✓
4. Dwithout any court always by post only ever✓

Section 420 CrPC allows appellate court to require production of record and if judgment not written to

1. Aconvict immediately always without record ever✓
2. Breturn case for written judgment✓
3. Cdismiss appeal automatically always without hearing ever✓
4. Dtransfer to civil court always in every criminal appeal ever✓

Section 421 CrPC provides hearing of appeal including power to dismiss if satisfied no sufficient ground or to hear on merits after

1. Aperusing record and hearing parties✓
2. BFIR alone always sufficient always without record ever✓
3. Ccomplainant statement alone always without perusal ever✓
4. Daccused absence always bars hearing ever without exception always✓

Section 422 CrPC allows appellate court to reverse finding and order retrial when

1. Aaccused is popular always alone sufficient ground ever✓
2. Btrial court lacked jurisdiction or trial was vitiated by material irregularity in appropriate cases✓
3. Ccomplainant is wealthy always alone sufficient ground ever✓
4. Dany minor clerical error always requires retrial in every case ever without exception✓

Section 423 CrPC empowers appellate court after hearing appeal to reverse, alter or affirm finding or order

1. Anever alter conviction ever under any circumstance ever always✓
2. Bas justice requires✓
3. Conly increase sentence always without power to acquit ever✓
4. Donly send to police always without judicial order ever✓

Section 424 CrPC provides that unless otherwise provided judgment on appeal shall be

1. Afinal subject to further appeal or revision where law allows✓
2. Bnever final always reopenable by complainant always alone always✓
3. Cbinding only on police always without court effect ever✓
4. Dignored by trial court always without compliance ever✓

Section 435 CrPC revision by Sessions Judge requires subordinate magistrate to be

1. Awithin Sessions division and order must be revisable not purely interlocutory in barred cases✓
2. Bany magistrate worldwide always without territorial limit ever✓
3. Chigh court judge always only without sessions ever✓
4. Dcivil court always only without criminal magistrate ever✓

Section 436 CrPC read with revision context — Sessions revision petition must generally be filed within

1. Aten years always without limit ever✓
2. Btime prescribed and against orders not excluded by law✓
3. Cany time without limitation always in every case ever✓
4. Dbefore FIR only always without order ever✓

Section 439 CrPC High Court revision can set aside order causing miscarriage of justice and may exercise

1. Aonly civil powers always without criminal jurisdiction ever✓
2. Bno bail power ever reserved to magistrate only always without exception ever✓
3. Conly registration of FIR always without revision ever✓
4. Dbail powers concurrently✓

Section 440 CrPC allows High Court to transfer revision to Sessions Judge or other court when

1. Anever transfer always heard only by clerk always without judge ever✓
2. Bonly to police always without court ever✓
3. Conly before FIR always without pending case ever✓
4. Dexpedient for justice✓

Section 265C CrPC charge shall state offence with particulars of time, place and person against whom and manner of commission as

1. Avague allegation without particulars always sufficient always✓
2. Breasonably sufficient to inform accused✓
3. Conly section number without facts ever sufficient always in every case ever✓
4. Dno particulars ever required in sessions always without exception ever✓

Section 211 CrPC requires contents of charge to include

1. Aonly complainant name always without offence details ever✓
2. Bonly police opinion always without legal section ever✓
3. Coffence stated with law and section and particulars of alleged offence✓
4. Donly witness list always without offence ever✓

Section 212 CrPC requires particulars as to time and place of alleged offence in charge when

1. Anever required always general words enough always in every case ever✓
2. Breasonably sufficient to give accused notice of matter✓
3. Conly in civil suits always without criminal charge ever✓
4. Donly after conviction always without trial ever✓

Section 213 CrPC allows court to alter charge before judgment on such terms as it thinks just if

1. Aaccused is absent always still alter without notice ever✓
2. Bonly prosecution requests always without hearing ever✓
3. Cnever alter after framing always without exception ever✓
4. Dno failure of justice is likely✓

Section 215 CrPC provides that error in charge shall not be material unless it has occasioned

1. Aany typographical error always requires retrial always without exception ever✓
2. Baccused name spelling difference always fatal always without exception ever✓
3. Cfailure of justice✓
4. Devery omission always voids trial always without exception ever✓

Section 216 CrPC empowers court to alter or add to charge at any time before judgment with

1. Ano notice ever to accused always permitted always✓
2. Bautomatic conviction on alteration always without hearing ever✓
3. Cnotice to accused and opportunity to meet new charge✓
4. Dcomplainant-only consent always sufficient without accused ever✓

Section 217 CrPC provides trial for every distinct offence separately unless

1. Alaw permits joinder under sections 234, 235, 236 etc.✓
2. Balways one offence per accused lifetime always without joinder ever✓
3. Cnever join any offences ever even when same transaction always✓
4. Dcomplainant chooses unlimited joinder always without law ever✓

Section 234 CrPC permits trial together of offences of same kind committed within twelve months up to

1. Aunlimited offences always without limit ever✓
2. Bone offence only always without exception ever✓
3. Cten offences always as routine without statutory text ever✓
4. Dthree offences✓

Section 235 CrPC allows single trial for more than one offence in series of acts so connected as to form

1. Acompletely unrelated incidents always without connection ever✓
2. Bdifferent accused different cities always without link ever✓
3. Csame transaction✓
4. Dcivil and criminal always without distinction ever automatically✓

Section 236 CrPC allows person charged with one offence to be convicted of another if

1. Afacts do not relate to accused ever still convict always without proof ever✓
2. Bonly charged offence always provable never any alternative ever without exception ever✓
3. Cfacts proved constitute such other offence though not charged✓
4. Dcomplainant alleges always sufficient without evidence ever✓

Section 437A CrPC where applicable requires bail bond for appearing before higher court after conviction until

1. Aaccused leaves country always without bond ever✓
2. Bten years always automatically without appeal ever✓
3. Ccomplainant satisfaction always only without court ever✓
4. Dlimitation for appeal expires or appeal disposed of✓

In sessions trial, examination of accused under section 340 CrPC occurs

1. Abefore FIR is registered always✓
2. Bbefore charge is framed always in every case without exception ever✓
3. Cafter prosecution witnesses are examined and before defence evidence in appropriate sequence✓
4. Donly after final judgment always without trial ever✓

Section 341 CrPC covers procedure when accused does not understand proceedings and court shall

1. Aproceed without understanding always regardless always✓
2. Binterpret or arrange interpreter as necessary✓
3. Cconvict immediately always without assistance ever✓
4. Ddismiss case always without interpreter ever in every case always✓

Section 342 CrPC earlier procedure for examination of accused; modern trials rely on section 340 CrPC but principle remains that accused shall be examined on

1. Aonly character evidence always without circumstances ever✓
2. Bonly civil liability always without criminal facts ever✓
3. Ccircumstances appearing against him in each case✓
4. Donly bail conditions always without case facts ever✓