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    Question

    The legal maxim Actus Non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea

    means________________
    A Criminal mind leads to crime Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B When the crime is coupled along with guilty mind Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C When the crime is coupled along with guilty feeling Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D That there cannot be any crime without the existence of a guilty mind Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The maxim means an act does not make a person guilty until and unless there is a criminal intent. Thus, for being guilty under the criminal law two things are important i.e., guilty act as well as guilty mind.

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