B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 10 BSA and Law of Evidence Apr 2025 Evidence 60/40 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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Q.1 Q.1: Answer the following in not more than two or three sentences, any six (12 Marks - 2 marks each)

1. (a) What do you mean by Fact?
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2. (b) What is the meaning of Evidence?
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3. (c) Hearsay Evidence.
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4. (d) Dying Declaration.
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5. (e) Primary Evidence.
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6. (f) What is meant by Document?
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7. (g) Hostile Witness.
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8. (h) Who is an Accomplice?
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9. (i) What is a leading question?
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10. (j) Confession.
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Q.2 Q.2: Short notes, any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. (a) Admission.
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2. (b) The maxim "falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus".
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3. (c) Principle of Res Gestae.
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4. (d) Experts' Opinion.
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Q.3 Q.3: Situational problems, any two (12 Marks - 6 marks each)

1. (a) A person accused of inflicting grievous injury on a complainant states that he did it in "self-defence". (i) On whom does the burden to prove the right to exercise self-defence lie? (ii) Whether the self-defence was proportionate to the threat?
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2. (b) "A" makes a confession to a police officer. The murder weapon is recovered by the police. "A" is charged with Murder. (i) Whether a conviction on the basis of the confession only is justified? (ii) Does the murder weapon have any relevance?
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3. (c) A makes a dying declaration. The medical condition of A was so grave that his testimony could not be relied upon. A subsequently dies. The accused is charged on the basis of the dying declaration. (i) Whether the declaration is admissible? (ii) Whether other circumstantial evidence is relevant?
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4. (d) The house of A was gutted by fire, fully destroying A's sale deeds for his fields in his village. Knowing this, B threatens to dispossess A from the field. (i) Can A prove his sale deeds? (ii) What would be the mode of their proof?
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Q.4 Q.4: Answer the following questions, any two (24 Marks - 12 marks each)

1. (a) Discuss the provisions, giving appropriate illustrations, relating to "May presume", "Shall presume" and "Conclusive proof".
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2. (b) Discuss the provisions on the admissibility of electronic records.
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3. (c) What is cross-examination? What questions are lawful in cross-examination?
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4. (d) Explain the kinds of Estoppel and their evidentiary value.
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