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Enrolment No:

UPES
End Semester Examination, December 2023
Course: Forensic Science and the Law
Semester: IX
Program: B.A. LL.B. Time : 03 hrs.
Course Code: CLCL 5004 Max. Marks: 100

Instructions:
SECTION A
(5Qx2M=10Marks)
S. No. Marks CO
Q1 Define corpus delicti. CO1
Q2 Distinguish between relevancy and admissibility of a matter as
CO1
evidence.
Q3 Enumerate classes and powers of Criminal Courts. CO1
Q4 Define DNA finger printing. CO1
Q5 Define Facts in Issue. CO1
SECTION B
(4Qx5M= 20 Marks)
Q6 Define and explain Victimology and its scope in the context of three
CO2
broad perspectives.
Q7 As per the FBI typologies of offenders, there are two categories of people
who have sexual contact with children i.e. Situational Offenders and CO2
Preferential offenders. Explain these categories and the sub-categories.
Q8 Explain the need of ethical norms to govern the forensic
CO2
scientist/examiners.
Q9 Enumerate and explain the various provisions of law/guidelines/rules
CO2
governing examination of rape victims by the forensic examiner.
SECTION-C
(2Qx10M=20 Marks)
Q 10 “The laws and principles of all the natural sciences are the bases of forensic
science. In addition, it has developed its own principles.” Enumerate and CO3
explain these principles by analysing the same with the help of examples.
Q 11 Provide an overview of organisational set up of forensic labs in India and
categorise after analysing them based on two factors; the frequency of CO3
physical evidence commonly encountered in crimes and ease of setting
up labs.
SECTION-D
(2Qx25M=50 Marks)
Q 12 “Forensic or legal medicine deals with the application of medical and
paramedical knowledge to aid in the administration of justice”. Analyse
CO4
this statement in the light of application of legal provisions in CrPC and
the Evidence Act to govern medico-legal cases.
Q 13 The petitioners applied for a handwriting expert to give an opinion on the
signature attributed to the original plaintiff in the questioned document
on the basis of admitted signature of the original plaintiff in the plaint
and vakalatnama were the usual signature of the original plaintiff. The
High Court held that in such cases, trial court cannot be faulted for not
sending the matter for opinion of hand-writing expert since admitted
CO4
signatures of the executant are required to be sent for comparison with
the questioned document.
Analyse this ruling of the High Court in the light of relevant sections of
the Evidence Act which need to be applied to resolve this issue. Elaborate
on the concept of ‘Questioned Documents’ and different forms of
mechanisms for forensic document examination.

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