Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Law of Evidence · August/September 2013 (R)
August/September (R) 2013 · Law of Evidence · Semester 2
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) I Year II Semester Examination, August / September 2013
Subject: LAW
PAPER - V: LAW OF EVIDENCE
Code: 4511/R | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any five of the following.
1. Document.
2. Fact in Issue.
3. Test Identification Parade.
4. Formal and Informal Admissions.
5. Dying Declaration.
6. Accomplice.
7. Judicial Notice.
8. Estoppel.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any two of the following.
9. "Hearsay evidence is no evidence." Discuss and state the exceptions to this rule.
10. Explain the different modes of proof of handwriting.
11. Define "Secondary Evidence". Explain the circumstances in which Secondary Evidence is
permissible.
12. What is Cross Examination? Explain its nature and scope.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any two of the following.
13. X, in order to prove his nativity, brings a photostat copy of the certificate issued by the revenue
office. Can it be relied upon?
14. A sues B on an agreement and gives B notice to produce it. At the trial A calls for the document
and B refuses to produce it. A gives secondary evidence of its contents. B seeks to produce the
document itself to contradict the secondary evidence given by A, or to show that the agreement is
not stamped. Can he do so? Refer to the provisions of the law of evidence.
15. To prove that A murdered Y , evidence of C, a child of 5 years, was brought in as an eye witness.
Is it relevant?
16. The question is whether, and when, A and B were married. Does an entry in the memorandum
book by C, the deceased father of B, recording his daughter's marriage with A on a given date,
become a relevant fact?