Based on the passage on the JJ Act, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. If an offence has no minimum prescribed punishment, it cannot be considered heinous as per the JJ Act, 2015.
2. As per the JJ Act, 2021, an offence for which there is a provision for a maximum sentence of seven years or more, but no minimum sentence, is to be considered a serious offence.

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Based on the passage on the JJ Act, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. If an offence has no minimum prescribed punishment, it cannot be considered heinous as per the JJ Act, 2015.
2. As per the JJ Act, 2021, an offence for which there is a provision for a maximum sentence of seven years or more, but no minimum sentence, is to be considered a serious offence.

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Correct Option: (c) Both 1 and 2 Statement 1 is correct because the passage states that a heinous offence is one with a minimum punishment of seven years, and offences without a prescribed minimum punishment (like culpable homicide in drunken driving) are not heinous offences as per the JJ Act, 2015. Statement 2 is correct because the passage explicitly mentions that the JJ Act, 2021 categorises an offence that has no minimum sentence, but a maximum sentence of seven years or more, as a serious offence. Therefore, both statements 1 and 2 are correct.

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