Point out incorrect response. The doctrine of mens rea requires a mind at fault in all offences. To this general rule, the exceptions are found in statutory offences. Some of the exceptions are offences relating to:

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• Point out incorrect response. There is a presumption that mens rea and evil intention or knowledge of the wrongfulness of the act, is an essential in every offence. However, the following are some of the exceptions to this general rule:
• Give best response. Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea, (act itself does not make a man guilty unless his intentions were so). Thus mens rea means:
• Point out incorrect response. Actus reus and mens rea are the two important elements of a crime. Actus reus may be defined as ‘such result of human conduct as the law seeks to prevent.’ It is made up of three constituent parts, namely :
• Give best response. The liability to conviction of an individual depends not only on his having done some outward acts which the law forbids but on his having done them in a certain frame of mind or with a certain will. Exceptions to this general rule are strict liability offences which mean that:
• The maxim ‘actus non facit rea nisi mens sit rea’ means:
• Give best response. Acts reus and mens rea are the two most essential elements of a crime. Actus reus means as follows :
• Point out incorrect response. The principle underlying section 91 I.P.C. is that consent will only condone the act causing harm to the person giving the consent, which will otherwise be an offence. Acts which are offences independently of any harm which they may cause will not be covered by consent given by the sufferer. Some instances of such acts are :
• Mens Rea is an essential element in every offence except in :
• P was picked up by a gang of robbers in a car from the street. He was given a revolver and asked to shoot at M. When P resisted, a revolver was put on his ear and he was told that if he did not shoot, he would be shot dead. Then P shot M dead. On a charge of murder, P argued that his act was not voluntary nor was there mens rea. P is guilty of:
• Which is one of the following statements correctly describes the concept of ‘Mens rea’?