Law of Evidence Mains Questions Series Part-V: Important Solved Questions for Judiciary, APO & University Exams | Part - V of X

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Legal Bites brings to you Law of Evidence Mains Questions Series Part-V.

Legal Bites brings to you Law of Evidence Mains Questions Series Part-V. The questions enlisted here are arranged section-wise and will aid the students preparing for Judiciary, APO or University Exams. Detailed solutions have been provided for the questions to answer all your queries. The list of questions curated by Legal Bites will help candidates identify the important and frequently asked questions and give them good practice for their aptitude and knowledge.

Law of Evidence Mains Solved Questions Series Part-V

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Law of Evidence Mains Solved Questions Series Part-V of X

Question 5

How the entries in books of account are proved? Point out the difference, if any, with regard to the admissibility of documentary evidence and mode and method of proof thereof. When and at what stage the aforesaid objections can be raised? A document is marked as “an Exhibit”. Whether the question of its admissibility can be raised in an appeal for the first time? Refer to the relevant case laws on the point. [U.P.H.J.S. 2009]

Question 6

A and B two brothers were attacked by the appellants, causing them serious injuries to which both the brothers succumbed. Soon after the incident, C, wife of B went to the spot. She found A lying unconscious but her husband though injured was conscious and told her that the appellants had attacked them with lathis and other weapons. D, father of A and B also rushed to the spot B and made a similar dying declaration before D. Trial Court convicted the appellants believing the statements of C & D. In the appeal, it was contended on behalf of appellants that both C & D are close relations of the deceased B so the dying declaration made to them should not be made the basis of conviction because there was no independent corroboration. How would you decide the appeal? [D.J.S. 1996]

Question 7

A daughter-in-law of the accused, suffered 70% burns while working. She was taken to the hospital by her husband. At the time of admission, she told the doctor that her clothes caught a tire while cooking on the stove. After some time, she made a statement to another doctor wherein she implicated only her mother-in-law as having sprinkled kerosene on her and having set her on fire. A third statement was made by her the same night before S.P. to the effect that she was set on fire from behind by somebody, maybe her parents-in-law. In the fourth statement made before 3 doctors the next day, she implicated both her parents-in-law as having poured kerosene on her and having set her on fire. She died in the hospital the next day. In all these dying declarations she had stated that she was rescued by her husband who brought her to the hospital. Her husband who was examined as a defence witness supported the defence version that his parents were away to the temple when the incident of burning took place. What rule of precaution should be followed when there is more than one dying declaration? Decide the case preferably with reference to case law. [D.J.S. 1996]

Question 8

A was severely beaten. His dying declaration was recorded by a Magistrate, in which he implicated X and Y. A survived due to medical treatment. X and Y are prosecuted for an attempt to commit the murder of A. During the trial, the aforesaid dying declaration was sought to be given in evidence by the prosecution in support of its case. The defence opposes on the ground that the declarant was not dead and the alleged dying declaration did not point towards any cause for assault of the declarant therefore it was irrelevant. Decide. [HR.J.S. 1996]

Question 9

The dying declaration of A was recorded by a doctor in a hospital but A survived. Whether the said dying declaration will constitute substantive evidence? [U.P.H.J.S. 1980, 1995, and 1996]

Question 10

B was prosecuted for the murder of A. The widow of A deposed against A that two days before the murder, A had shown her a letter written by B’s wife that A should go to Berhampur to collect his money. She further deposed that A had also told her that the next day, he would proceed to Berhampur. Is the evidence of A’s widow admissible? Answer with reasons. [U.P. A.P.O. 1994]

Question 11

A was beaten by B. A files a complaint petition before C.J.M. After filing of complaint petition, he was going to the hospital for treatment. While going to the hospital, he (A) met with an accident and died. Can the complaint petition be treated as a dying declaration?

Question 12

A fires at B with the intention to kill him. B sustains serious injuries. He lodges a First Information Report against A. Subsequently, B dies due to injuries. Can this F.I.R. be treated as a dying declaration? Give reasons and also refer to case law, if any, on the point.

Question 13

A was beaten by B. A made a statement regarding such beating to his wife C. At the time of making such a statement, A was not expecting his death but subsequently, he dies of injuries received by beating. Is the statement made by A to C admitted as a dying declaration? Give reasons for your answer.

Question 14

A, a woman whose throat had been cut by some edged weapon, indicated by gestures before her death that B was the person who had cut her throat. Is this statement by A made by gestures admissible as evidence against B? [U.P.H.J.S. 2009, 2014, Bihar J.S. Exam., 1991, 1986]

Question 15

‘L’ a woman is raped by ‘B’. As a result of shock, she (L) committed suicide three days after the occurrence, by drowning herself. Is the statement made by L regarding her rape to her mother-in-law immediately after the rape, admissible as a dying declaration under Section 32(1) of the Evidence Act?

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Question 16

A comes to the police station and lodges First Information Report that B has beaten him and has threatened to kill him. After two days A is murdered. B is arrested and prosecuted for the offense of murdering A. Decide whether First Information Report may be admitted as a dying declaration? [U.P.C.J. 1991]

Question 17

Does a statement made to SDM by a bride relating to the cause of her death, becomes a ‘dying declaration’ under Section 32 of Indian Evidence Act though the bride firmly believed that she would recover, but dies after three days of making it?

Question 18

A is alleged to have committed the murder of B by giving as many as, 25 knife blows on the vital parts of the body. A is prosecuted for the murder of B under Section 302 I.P.C. During the trial, the prosecution produces the ‘Dying declaration’ of Bin which he (B) had clearly stated that the various injuries caused in his body were the result of knife blows of A. In prosecution also proved that a number of persons were present when deceased B made the dying declaration.

On the other hand, the accused’s defence A produces the ‘medical report’ of the doctor as evidence in his favour. The ‘medical report’ shows that a person cannot remain alive and also in a conscious state for more than 10 minutes after receiving such injuries, especially while most of the injuries were on the vital parts of the body, whereas the dying declaration was made after one hour. Thus, the dying declaration is either false or not made in a conscious state of mind, hence not reliable. So conviction cannot be based on dying declaration. However, the trial court convicted A, by making the ‘Dying declaration’ basis for conviction. Is the order of conviction passed by the trial court valid? Give reasons and also refer to case law, if any, on the point.

Question 19

Three accused persons namely A, B, and C are prosecuted for the murder of X on the basis of some circumstantial evidence that was not sufficient to convict the accused persons. Apart from such circumstantial evidence, there was a dying declaration against A only, as X died before completing the dying declaration against B and C because his condition deteriorated suddenly. The trial court convicted the accused A but acquitted the accused B and C as there was no dying declaration against them and the circumstantial evidence was not sufficient to convict both of them (B and C).

A challenges his conviction in the High Court on the ground that when B and C are acquitted, he alone cannot be convicted for the murder of X. Is the argument of A acceptable? Give reasons and also refer to the case law, if any, on the point.

Question 20

Discuss the relevancy of evidence for proving in subsequent proceedings the truth of facts stated therein.

Question 21

When are the entries in books of account including those maintained in an electronic form are relevant?

Discuss the relevancy of entry in the public record or an electronic record made in the performance of duty. [M.P.C.J. 2007, 2015, U.K.J. 2015, U.P.H.J.S. 2014]

Question 22

Write notes on the following: