LL.B. (Three Years) Sem 6 BSA and Law of Evidence Apr 2025 BSA 75/25 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

SECTION I - Q.1: Answer in not more than two sentences, any six (any 6 of 8) 12 Marks

1. Q1 Define Res Gestae.
2. Q2 Explain types of presumptions?
3. Q3 What is disproved?
4. Q4 What is Cross and Chief Examination?
5. Q5 Explain any two branches of forensic science.
6. Q6 What is mean by fact?
7. Q7 What is Document?
8. Q8 Who is an Accomplice?

SECTION II - Q.2: Write short notes on any two (any 2 of 4) 12 Marks

1. Q9 Doctrine of Estopple
2. Q10 Forensic evidence and types of forensic evidences.
3. Q11 Admission and Confession
4. Q12 Presumptions as to gazette in electronic forms.

SECTION III - Q.3: Solve any two, with reasons (any 2 of 4) 12 Marks

1. Q13 Rajesh arrested for committing a murder. Immediately after a murder he confesses to the police officer in the police station. He discloses in his confession the place where he has hidden weapon with which he committed the murder.
   • (i) Will the statement of Rajesh amounts to confession?
   • (ii) When can a confession to be relevant as per law? Explain.
2. Q14 Mia accused of a crime.
   • (i) The fact that soon after commission of a crime Mia absconded from her house is relevant? Explain with provision.
   • (ii) The fact that at the time when she left her home she had sudden and urgent business at the place to which she went is it relevant? Explain with provision.
3. Q15 Rucha in her suicide note dated 01/01/2025 which was found near her body next day i.e. 02/01/2025, wherein she has pointed out her husband responsible for physical torture or mental harassment regularly till her death.
   • (i) Does the statement made in the suicide note has evidentiary value?
   • (ii) If so, which are the provisions of Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 applicable in the instant case.
4. Q16 Mr. Som, a panch witness in the case of dacoity, refreshes his memory by reading the panchanama. The panchanama was not proved and hence was rendered inadmissible in the evidence.
   • (i) Can Mr. Som refresh his memory by the use of Panchanama?
   • (ii) Narrate the rule of refreshing memory used by Mr. Som.

SECTION IV - Q.4: Answer in detail, any three (any 3 of 5) 39 Marks

1. Q17 Define Evidence. Explain the rules of exclusion of oral evidence by documentary evidence under the Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
2. Q18 Who is a witness to testify? Explain the types of witnesses and rules available for them under the Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
3. Q19 Explain Burden of Proof.
4. Q20 Describe in detail Theory of Relevancy.
5. Q21 What is Dying Declaration? Explain the Rules for Dying Declaration.

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