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

Section 262 CrPC provides maximum punishment in summary trials generally as

1. A imprisonment up to three months or fine or both subject to schedule limits ✓
2. B life imprisonment always in summary trial always ✓
3. C death sentence always in summary trial always ✓
4. D ten years minimum always in summary trial always ✓

Section 263 CrPC requires record in summary trials to be

1. A full verbatim transcript always of every witness without exception ever ✓
2. B no record ever required in any trial always ✓
3. C brief statement of particulars and finding ✓
4. D only oral note without signature ever always ✓

Section 264 CrPC covers judgment in summary trials to be

1. A never pronounced in open court always ever ✓
2. B only sent by post always without hearing ever ✓
3. C deferred until appeal always without pronouncement ever ✓
4. D pronounced in manner provided and signed with record ✓

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

1. A accused requests summary always in murder always ✓
2. B offence becomes sessions triable or seriousness requires upgrade ✓
3. C complainant prefers summary always in dacoity always ✓
4. D nature of case requires procedure of warrant case ✓

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

1. A no conditions ever allowed on any bail ever ✓
2. B only monetary penalty on complainant always ✓
3. C conditions on bail bond ✓
4. D automatic 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. A police station diary only always without court ever ✓
2. B union council always exclusively ✓
3. C High Court under inherent powers and section 498/439 as developed in case law ✓
4. D FIR 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. A mandatory refusal always without exception ever ✓
2. B discretion to release on bail even in non-bailable cases ✓
3. C no bail ever for women always without exception ever ✓
4. D police-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. A detained until sessions trial always without bail ever ✓
2. B sent to high court always first without police bail ever ✓
3. C released on bail by police officer ✓
4. D held without bail always until conviction ever ✓

Section 499 CrPC requires sureties for bail to execute bond with

1. A no bond ever required in any bail always ✓
2. B sureties as court or officer directs ✓
3. C only verbal promise always without surety ever ✓
4. D complainant approval only always without court ever ✓

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

1. A never permitted in any case ever always ✓
2. B only after death sentence always ✓
3. C only in civil cases always ✓
4. D court 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. A bond execution as directed ✓
2. B immediate conviction always without bond ever ✓
3. C no appearance ever required always ✓
4. D complainant custody always instead of bond ever ✓

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

1. A automatic acquittal always without fresh surety ever ✓
2. B complainant becomes surety always automatically always ✓
3. C police custody without court order always indefinitely ever ✓
4. D fresh 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. A release on bail ✓
2. B refuse bail always in every custody case ever ✓
3. C refer to high court always first without release ever ✓
4. D detain 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. A civil court always only always ✓
2. B police station only always without court ever ✓
3. C complainant privately always without record ever ✓
4. D trial court for judgment to be recorded accordingly ✓

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

1. A never transfer always heard only by clerk always without judge ever ✓
2. B only to police always without court ever ✓
3. C only before FIR always without pending case ever ✓
4. D expedient for justice ✓

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

1. A vague allegation without particulars always sufficient always ✓
2. B reasonably sufficient to inform accused ✓
3. C only section number without facts ever sufficient always in every case ever ✓
4. D no particulars ever required in sessions always without exception ever ✓

Section 211 CrPC requires contents of charge to include

1. A only complainant name always without offence details ever ✓
2. B only police opinion always without legal section ever ✓
3. C offence stated with law and section and particulars of alleged offence ✓
4. D only witness list always without offence ever ✓

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

1. A never required always general words enough always in every case ever ✓
2. B reasonably sufficient to give accused notice of matter ✓
3. C only in civil suits always without criminal charge ever ✓
4. D only 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. A accused is absent always still alter without notice ever ✓
2. B only prosecution requests always without hearing ever ✓
3. C never alter after framing always without exception ever ✓
4. D no failure of justice is likely ✓

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

1. A any typographical error always requires retrial always without exception ever ✓
2. B accused name spelling difference always fatal always without exception ever ✓
3. C failure of justice ✓
4. D every 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. A no notice ever to accused always permitted always ✓
2. B automatic conviction on alteration always without hearing ever ✓
3. C notice to accused and opportunity to meet new charge ✓
4. D complainant-only consent always sufficient without accused ever ✓

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

1. A only civil powers always without criminal jurisdiction ever ✓
2. B no bail power ever reserved to magistrate only always without exception ever ✓
3. C only registration of FIR always without revision ever ✓
4. D bail powers concurrently ✓

Section 217 CrPC provides trial for every distinct offence separately unless

1. A law permits joinder under sections 234, 235, 236 etc. ✓
2. B always one offence per accused lifetime always without joinder ever ✓
3. C never join any offences ever even when same transaction always ✓
4. D complainant 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. A unlimited offences always without limit ever ✓
2. B one offence only always without exception ever ✓
3. C ten offences always as routine without statutory text ever ✓
4. D three offences ✓

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

1. A completely unrelated incidents always without connection ever ✓
2. B different accused different cities always without link ever ✓
3. C same transaction ✓
4. D civil and criminal always without distinction ever automatically ✓

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

1. A facts do not relate to accused ever still convict always without proof ever ✓
2. B only charged offence always provable never any alternative ever without exception ever ✓
3. C facts proved constitute such other offence though not charged ✓
4. D complainant alleges always sufficient without evidence ever ✓

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

1. A accused leaves country always without bond ever ✓
2. B ten years always automatically without appeal ever ✓
3. C complainant satisfaction always only without court ever ✓
4. D limitation for appeal expires or appeal disposed of ✓

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

1. A before FIR is registered always ✓
2. B before charge is framed always in every case without exception ever ✓
3. C after prosecution witnesses are examined and before defence evidence in appropriate sequence ✓
4. D only after final judgment always without trial ever ✓

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

1. A every civil suit always without exception ever ✓
2. B traffic fine only always without criminal trial ever ✓
3. C FIR registration refusal only always without trial ever ✓
4. D sessions trial and certain other cases as provided ✓

Section 418 CrPC allows accused to appeal against

1. A only acquittal always without exception ever ✓
2. B only bail grant always without conviction ever ✓
3. C conviction ✓
4. D only FIR always without trial ever ✓

Section 419 CrPC requires appeal to be presented to

1. A court which passed judgment or to proper appellate court as provided ✓
2. B police station always only always ✓
3. C complainant house always only always ✓
4. D without 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. A convict immediately always without record ever ✓
2. B return case for written judgment ✓
3. C dismiss appeal automatically always without hearing ever ✓
4. D transfer to civil court always in every criminal appeal ever ✓

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

1. A ten years always without limit ever ✓
2. B time prescribed and against orders not excluded by law ✓
3. C any time without limitation always in every case ever ✓
4. D before FIR only always without order ever ✓

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. A only character evidence always without circumstances ever ✓
2. B only civil liability always without criminal facts ever ✓
3. C circumstances appearing against him in each case ✓
4. D only bail conditions always without case facts ever ✓

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

1. A within Sessions division and order must be revisable not purely interlocutory in barred cases ✓
2. B any magistrate worldwide always without territorial limit ever ✓
3. C high court judge always only without sessions ever ✓
4. D civil court always only without criminal magistrate ever ✓

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

1. A final subject to further appeal or revision where law allows ✓
2. B never final always reopenable by complainant always alone always ✓
3. C binding only on police always without court effect ever ✓
4. D ignored by trial court always without compliance ever ✓

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

1. A proceed without understanding always regardless always ✓
2. B interpret or arrange interpreter as necessary ✓
3. C convict immediately always without assistance ever ✓
4. D dismiss case always without interpreter ever in every case always ✓

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

1. A perusing record and hearing parties ✓
2. B FIR alone always sufficient always without record ever ✓
3. C complainant statement alone always without perusal ever ✓
4. D accused absence always bars hearing ever without exception always ✓

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

1. A never alter conviction ever under any circumstance ever always ✓
2. B as justice requires ✓
3. C only increase sentence always without power to acquit ever ✓
4. D only send to police always without judicial order ever ✓

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

1. A police officer or court having jurisdiction ✓
2. B only high court always without exception ever ✓
3. C only complainant always ✓
4. D no one until conviction always ✓

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

1. A reasonable grounds for believing accused guilty of offence punishable with death or life imprisonment ✓
2. B no evidence whatsoever always requires refusal always ✓
3. C only civil liability exists always ✓
4. D accused is wealthy always as sole ground ✓

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

1. A civil suits only always ✓
2. B continued detention or special circumstances even where magistrate refused, subject to law and amendments ✓
3. C traffic challans only always ✓
4. D no court ever only police always exclusively ✓

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

1. A accused is popular always alone sufficient ground ever ✓
2. B trial court lacked jurisdiction or trial was vitiated by material irregularity in appropriate cases ✓
3. C complainant is wealthy always alone sufficient ground ever ✓
4. D any minor clerical error always requires retrial in every case ever without exception ✓

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

1. A high court only always without magistrate orders ever ✓
2. B supreme court only always ✓
3. C civil judge only in pure civil suits always ✓
4. D magistrate 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. A issue civil decrees only always ✓
2. B grant bail in cases of persons in custody including after conviction in pending appeal in appropriate cases ✓
3. C conduct marriage registrations only always ✓
4. D never interfere with subordinate courts ever ✓

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

1. A 265C CrPC read with Chapter XVIII ✓
2. B 154 CrPC only always ✓
3. C 103 CrPC only always ✓
4. D 496 CrPC only always ✓

Summary trials under CrPC Chapter XXI are conducted by magistrates for

1. A all murder cases always without exception ever ✓
2. B specified petty offences listed in schedule subject to limits ✓
3. C all dacoity cases always without exception ever ✓
4. D sessions offences always without limit ever ✓

Section 260 CrPC lists offences triable summarily including

1. A theft where value does not exceed prescribed limit and certain hurt and wrongful restraint cases among others ✓
2. B murder under s.302 always ✓
3. C dacoity under s.395 always ✓
4. D sedition always without limit ever ✓

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

1. A death, life imprisonment or imprisonment exceeding two years ✓
2. B fine only always without imprisonment component ever ✓
3. C one month maximum always only ✓
4. D civil penalties only always ✓

Sessions trial under Chapter XVIII CrPC applies to offences triable by

1. A civil judge only always ✓
2. B Court of Session ✓
3. C union council only always ✓
4. D police 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. A absconds automatically always without plea ✓
2. B is convicted immediately always without trial ✓
3. C forfeits bail automatically always without hearing ✓
4. D pleads guilty or claims to be tried ✓

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

1. A always acquit regardless of plea always ✓
2. B refer to civil court always in every case ✓
3. C convict on plea if satisfied guilt is voluntary ✓
4. D dismiss charge always without recording plea ✓

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

1. A accused refuses plea of guilty or claim to be tried is recorded ✓
2. B before charge is framed always in every case without exception ever ✓
3. C after final judgment always only ✓
4. D without charge ever in sessions always ✓

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

1. A before charge is read always in every case ever ✓
2. B prosecution closes case ✓
3. C before FIR is registered always ✓
4. D without prosecution evidence ever in every case always ✓

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

1. A oral only without record always ✓
2. B written and pronouncement made in open court ✓
3. C delivered in chamber always without parties ever ✓
4. D reserved 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. A pleads guilty or has defence ✓
2. B waives trial always automatically always ✓
3. C chooses civil remedy only always ✓
4. D selects jury always in every magistrate trial always in Pakistan context ✓

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

1. A accused remains silent always leading to automatic conviction always ✓
2. B prosecution presents no evidence always still requires full trial always without plea ✓
3. C magistrate is satisfied voluntary guilt ✓
4. D complainant withdraws always leading to conviction always ✓

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

1. A FIR registration alone always without hearing ever ✓
2. B police diary alone always sufficient always without trial ✓
3. C complainant statement alone always without accused hearing ever ✓
4. D hearing prosecution and defence ✓

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

1. A before charge always in every summary case always without exception ever ✓
2. B before arrest always ✓
3. C prosecution evidence is closed ✓
4. D before FIR always ✓

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

1. A never written always oral only always without record ever ✓
2. B delivered only to police always without parties ✓
3. C reserved without communication ever always ✓
4. D written in applicable cases and pronounced according to law ✓