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Which of the following is at the apex of the subordinate criminal courts ?
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
In every district, there are civil courts and criminal courts. Under criminal courts, there are courts of the District and Sessions Judge, Additional Sessions Judges, Assistant Sessions Judge, and the courts of the first-class magistrates.
The District and Sessions Judge may pass any legal sentence but a death sentence is subject to confirmation by the High Court. An Assistant-sessions Judge has the power to sentence a person to ten years imprisonment. A first-class Magistrate may pass a sentence of imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees.
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Answer: (b)
In every district, there are civil courts and criminal courts. Under criminal courts, there are courts of the District and Sessions Judge, Additional Sessions Judges, Assistant Sessions Judge, and the courts of the first-class magistrates.
The District and Sessions Judge may pass any legal sentence but a death sentence is subject to confirmation by the High Court. An Assistant-sessions Judge has the power to sentence a person to ten years imprisonment. A first-class Magistrate may pass a sentence of imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees.
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