Multiple choice

Directions: Given below is a statement of principle, followed by a factual situation. Apply the principle to the facts and select the most appropriate answer among three alternatives given. Encircle your choice and explain why you think your answer is correct in not more than 3 to 4 lines. If it exceeds 4 lines, then penalty may be imposed.

Principle: Theft is the dishonest moving of property with the intention of taking it out for the person's possession without his consent. Fact: A gives his woolen coat to a dry cleaner along with his wife's sarees for the purpose of dry cleaning. He is told to collect the clothes after two days. When he comes after two days, he finds that he does not have enough money to pay to the dry cleaner. But since due to the winter, he needs the coat desperately, he surreptitiously places the coat near his other goods so that he can quietly take it without the knowledge of the dry cleaner.

  1. A is guilty of theft.

  2. A is not guilty of theft.

  3. A is not guilty of theft but has to pay compensation to the dry cleaner.
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Explanation

(1) because though the coat belongs to him, it was taken from the possession of the dry cleaners with the dishonest intention of avoiding payment.

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