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H 1778 HXG/11A8A/CHAGA/
HBDG[HB8A/CHBGA/
HC8A/CHCGA/HD8A/
CHD6A

B.A., B.L. (Hons.)/B.C.A. LL.B. (Hons.)/B.Com., LL.B. (Hons.)/B.B.A.

LL.B. (Hons.)/B.A. LL.B. (Hons.)/B.Com., B.L. (Hong.) DEGREE
(SEMESTER) EXAMINATIONS,APRIL 2019.
(For the candidates admitted from 2011 to 2016)
Third Year — Sixth Semester/Fourth Year -- Eighth Semester
LAW OF EVIDENCE
Time 2} hours Maximum : 70 marks
PART A — (2 x 12 = 24 marks)

Answer TWO of the following in about 500 words each.

1. Bring out the importance of an expert opinion in a case? Whether

reliable corroborationis necessary to consideran expert opinion in a
case?

2. When a statement will amount to confessionand be relevant.

Distinguish Judicial and Extra-Judicial confessions.

3. What do you mean by 'Primary Evidence'? How it differs from secondary

evidence.
PART B (2 7 = 14 marks)
Answer TWO of the followingin about 300 words each.

4. What are the facts which need not to be proved?,

5. Explain the relevancyof character in civil and crimmal cases.

6. When will a witness be considered competent? I)lgcuss the various

types of witnesses?
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on F IVl",of following
of proof
Estoppel
(e) Proof
(d) Evidentiary value of Dying declaration
Admissibility of admission
(O Res gestae
Conclusive proof

PART D — (2 x 6 = 12 marks)
Answer TWO of the following by referring to the relevant provisions
and decided cases. Give cogent reasons.
8. Naresh is accused of defaming Arun by publishing a statement.Is
fact that on a previous occasion also Naresh defamedRamesh
publishing a defamatory statement relevant?
9. Baskar, an accused of an offence of murder, stated before a police
that, "the knife by which I killed Ram has been hidden by me
field, which I can show". On this information the police
said knife from the field. Examine whether the statement is
and also whether any part of such statement can be
evidence.

10. A, accused of theft, is seen giving the stolen property to B, whoInt

gives it to A's wife. Examine the relevancy of B's statement astorecu
and subsequent handing over of the stolen property.