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Understanding Chance Witnesses

This document is a research paper submitted by Akash Kumar for his course on Law of Evidence. The paper analyzes chance witnesses, which are people who happen to be at the scene of an event by coincidence. The introduction defines a chance witness and notes they are less common in India due to more casual social interactions. The paper aims to study types of witnesses and analyze chance witnesses. It presumes that in criminal trials, suspicion alone cannot constitute legal proof. The researcher uses doctrinal analysis of established facts and reports as the methodology. Both primary and secondary sources will be relied on. Limitations include dependence on official records and books, as well as time constraints. The paper citation follows the Bluebook system and tentative chapters are

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Understanding Chance Witnesses

This document is a research paper submitted by Akash Kumar for his course on Law of Evidence. The paper analyzes chance witnesses, which are people who happen to be at the scene of an event by coincidence. The introduction defines a chance witness and notes they are less common in India due to more casual social interactions. The paper aims to study types of witnesses and analyze chance witnesses. It presumes that in criminal trials, suspicion alone cannot constitute legal proof. The researcher uses doctrinal analysis of established facts and reports as the methodology. Both primary and secondary sources will be relied on. Limitations include dependence on official records and books, as well as time constraints. The paper citation follows the Bluebook system and tentative chapters are

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CHANCE WITNESS

SUBMITTED TO:

MEETA MOHINI

PROFESSOR OF EVIDENCE LAW

SUBMITTED BY:

AKASH KUMAR
COURSE: B.A., LL.B (Hons.)
ROLL NO: 1707

SEMESTER: 4th

A RESEARCH WORK SUBMITTED IN FINAL FULFILLMENT OF


COURSE TILTED: LAW OF EVIDENCE
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FEB, 2019
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1. INTRODUCTION

If by coincidence or change a person happens to be at the place of occurance at the time it is


taking place, he is called change witness. The expression has been borrowed from foreign
countries where every men’s considered his castle and every one must have an explaination
elsewhere or in another men’s castle. It is quiet unsustainable an expression in our country
where people are less formal and more casual at any rate in the matter explaining their
presence.

2.AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The aims and objective of the researcher is given below:-

1. To study the types of witness..


2. To study and analyse the chance witness.

HYPOTHESIS

The researcher presume that:-

(1) in criminal trial suspicion cannot be regarded as legel proof.

4.RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The researcher has adopted doctrinal method of research and the entire paper is in
the form of analysis of the established facts and statement of the report.

SOURCES OF DATA

The researcher will be relying on both primary as well as secondary sources of data to complete
the project

LIMITATIONS

The researcher has to depend on official records, books and he followed only
doctrinal method .Also time was a very big limitation while the making of this project.

7.MODE OF CITATION

The researcher has followed Bluebook Citation (19th edition)

9.TENTATIVE CHAPTERIZATION

1. what is chance witness.


2. other types of witness.
3. Legel provision related to this.
4. case laws
5. Conclusion and Suggession.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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