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Vl Semester 3 Year LL.B. Examination, April/May 2022 (Dec. 202'll

LAW OF EVIDENCE

Duration : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80

lnstructions : 1. Answer all five Units.

2. One essay type questions and short note/
prohlems is compulsory from each Unit.
3. Figures to the right indicate marks.
4. Answers should be written either in Kannada or
English completely.

UNIT - I

Q. No. 1. a) Explain the relevancy of facts showing the existence of

state of mind and state of body. Marks : 10
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Q. No. 1. a) "Facts connected with fact in issue so as to form part of

same transactions are relevant" - Discuss with reference
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Q. No. 1. b) Write a nole on 'Test identification parade'. Marks : 6

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Q. No. 1. b) Write a note on distinction between 'Admissibility' and

'Relevancy' of evidence. Marks : 6
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UNIT - II
Q. No. 2. a) "All confessions are admissions but all admissions are
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Q. No. 2. a) "Hearsay evidence is no evidence" - Justify the statement
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Q" No. 2. b) The question is whether 'A' murdered 'B' ? During

investigation of the case, one 'X' said in A's presence-the
police are coming to arrest the person who murdered 'B'.
'A' hearing these words of 'X' immediately ran away" ls
the above statement of 'X' relevant ? Marks : 6
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Q. No. 2. b) 'A' was charged with murder and he is in the police custody.
'A' makes a statement which leads to discovery to important
material objects. Decide the relevancy of the statement. Marks : 6
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Q. No. 3. a) Discuss the provisions relating to the exclusion of oral
evidence by documentary evidence. Marks : 10
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Q. trjo. 3. a) Explain the relevancy of character evidence under the
lndian Evidence Act, 1872. Marks : 10
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Q. No. 3. b) 'A'wants to prove a registered will. He contends that he

need not call any attesting witness for the purpose of
proving will as the will is registered. Decide. hlarks : 6
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Q. No.3. b) Write a note on latent and patent ambiguity. Marks : 6
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UNIT - IV

Q. No. 4. a) Define and explain the law of estoppel as laid down in

lndian Evidence Acl, 1872. Marks : 10
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Q. No.4. a) Explain the presumption in dowry death and rape cases. Marks: 10
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Q. No. 4. b) 'X' an accused of murder, contends that by reason of
unsoundness of mind he did not know the nature of the
act. On whom the burden of proof lies ? Marks:6
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Q. No. 4. b) 'P' was the wife of 'X'. Two months after the death of 'X',
she marries 'Y'. Five months after the marriage a son 'Z'
is born to 'P'. Discuss the legitimacy of the child. Marks : 6
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UNIT _ V

Q. No. 5. a) What do you understand by the expression 'competent

witness'? Whether a child witness is a competent witness ? Marks : 10
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Q. No. 5. a) Explain leading questions. Marks : 10

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Q. No. 5. b) 'A' women prosecutes a man for picking her pocket. Can
a question that she had given birth to an illegitimate child
10 years before, be asked ? ls it a proper question ?
Decide. Marks:6
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Q. No. 5. b) Write a note on powers of JudgeslCourts Under Section

165 of lndian Evidence Act, 1872. Marks.6
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