CLAT 2014 Question Paper with answer key for online practice

Question : 179 of 200

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Principle:
Whoever, being legally bound to furnish information on any subject to any public servant, as such, furnishes, as true, information on the subject which he knows or has reason to believe to be false, has committed a punishable offence of furnishing false information.
Facts:
Sawant, a landholder, knowing of the commission of a murder within the limits of his estate, willfully misinforms the Magistrate of the district that the death has occurred by accident in consequence of the bite of a snake.

Sawant is not guilty of the offence of furnishing false information to the Magistrate
Sawant is guilty of the offence of furnishing false information to the Magistrate
Sawant is not legally bound to furnish true information to the Magistrate
Sawant has the discretion to furnish true information to the Magistrate, as the murder was committed within the limits of his estate

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