Q what is Mens rea ??
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Answer:
Mens rea ==>
It is one of the essential ingredient of criminal liability. A criminal offence is committed only when an act which is forbidden by law is done voluntarily.
The term mens rea has been given to the violation , which is motive force behind the criminal act.
Ordinarily, a crime is not committed if the mind of a person doing the act is innocent. There must be a wrongful intention or some blame worthy condition of mind (mens rea) before a person is made criminally liable
Explanation:
Mens rea is a guilty mind. Some crimes require mens rea; others don't.
Premeditated murder requires a guilty mind: You have to intend to kill.
Statutory rape does not require mens rea, at least when it comes to the victim's age: If you thought a fifteen year old was a twenty-five years old, that is no defense at all.
mens rea means criminal intention . it is one of the important element of crime.
it makes a work as a crime. for example : a person A throws a stone at a tree to collect a fruit, but he don’t know that B is sitting on the tree, and the stone thrown hits B’s head and wounded him. so it is considered as A didn’t voluntarily hit B to cause any harm. There was no criminal intention of A . I