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LawUni
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y,Pat
na
 Ashok&anot
herVsSt
ateofChhat
ti
sgar
h

(
2015)Cr
iLJ(
NOC)115(
Chh)

ABSTRACT

Thepaperanal
ysest
hecaseof“
Ashok&anot
herVsSt
ateofChhat
ti
sgar
h”basedon
l
aw ofev
idence.Thepaperwi
l
lanal
yset
hepr
ovi
sionsi
nvol
vedi
nthecaser
elat
edt
o
I
ndi
anEv
idenceAct
,1872.Theev
idencepr
ovi
dedi
nthecasei
sor
al(
Sect
ion59ofI
EA,
1872)anddocument
aryev
idence(
Sect
ion-
61ofI
EA,
1872)av
ail
abl
eonr
ecor
dincl
udi
ng
t
het
est
imonyofey
e-wi
tnessnamel
yTar
unKumar(
PW-
6).Thepaperwi
l
lanal
yset
he
pr
ovi
si
onsr
elat
edt
oor
alanddocument
ryev
idencei
nthepr
ovi
dedcase.

TheEv
idenceoft
hecasewhi
chi
nor
dert
oreachsuchf
indi
ngr
eli
edupont
het
est
imony
ofey
e-wi
tnessnamel
yTar
unKumar(
PW-
6).Theor
aland document
aryev
idence
av
ail
abl
eonr
ecor
dincl
udi
ngt
het
est
imonyofey
e-wi
tnessr
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oacat
egor
ical
f
indi
ng t
hati
tist
he appl
i
cantwho was dr
ivi
ng t
he of
fendi
ng v
ehi
cler
ashl
yand
negl
i
gent
lydashedShi
vl
al&Vasudeoasar
esul
tofwhi
cht
heysust
ainedi
njur
iesand
succumbedt
othei
njur
ies.Thus,t
heactoft
heappl
i
cantf
all
swi
thi
ntheambi
tof
Sect
ion304-
Aoft
heI
PC.Thepaperwi
l
lal
sodi
scusst
hepr
ovi
sionsof“
causi
ngdeat
h
byNegl
i
gence”
.

AI
MS&OBJECTI
VE

 Toanal
ysepr
ovi
sonsofI
ndi
anEv
idenceAct
,1872i
nvol
vedi
ntcase.

 Todi
scusst
hepr
ovi
sionsr
elat
edt
oor
alanddocument
ryev
idence.

 Todi
scusst
hepr
ovi
sonsofCausi
ngdeat
hbynegl
i
gence.

LI
MI ONOFTHEPROJECT
TATI

Owi
ngt
othel
argenumberoft
opi
cst
hatcoul
dbei
ncl
udedi
nthepr
oject
,thescopeof
t
hisr
esear
chpaperexceedi
ngl
yvast
.Howev
eri
nthei
nter
estofbr
evi
tyandduet
o
cer
tai
nrest
ri
cti
onsl
i
ket
hatofpauci
tyoft
ime,unav
aibal
i
tyoft
hel
i
brar
yduet
hegl
obal
pandemi
c(COVI
D-19)and Resear
cherbei
ng t
he st
udentofl
aw i
nvol
ved i
n ot
her
r
esear
chpr
ojectr
elat
edt
ohi
scour
sseResear
cherwi
l
lnotbedeal
i
ngv
ast
lyi
nthe
r
esear
chpr
oject
.

RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY

Ther
esear
cherhasadopt
edpur
elyadoct
ri
nalmet
hodofr
esear
ch.Ther
esear
cherhas
madeext
ensi
veuseoft
hebooksandi
nter
netsour
ceswhi
chwi
l
lhel
psi
ncompar
ati
ve
st
udyoft
het
opi
c.(
Sour
ces-Casel
aws,
jour
nal
s,Ar
ti
cles)

TENTATI
VECHAPTERI
STI
ON

1.I
ntr
oduct
ionaboutOr
alandDocument
aryev
idence

2.Fact
soft
heCase

3.Anal
ysi
sofpr
ovi
sionsi
nvol
vedi
nthecase

4.Rat
ional
eoft
heCase

5.Concl
usi
on

6.Bi
bli
ogr
aphy