Question

The essential ingredients of a crime are _______________.

• A. Knowledge, intention and action
• B. Motive, intention and knowledge
• C. Motive, mens rea and actus reus
• D. Actus reus and mens rea

Answer 1

The correct option is D Actus reus and mens rea

Guilty act and guilty mind are considered as the very essential elements of a crime because to commit an offense or a crime, a person must have a guilty intention.

Hence, D is the correct option.