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Reasonable doubt
doubt should be a real and substantial one and a 'well founded actual doubt arising out of the evidence existing after consideration of all the evidenced. 'Hence a mere whim or a surmise or suspicion furnishes an
hearing
hearing 1 : a proceeding of relative formality at which evidence and arguments may be presented on the matter at issue to be decided by a person or body
Conclusive proof
the court shall, on proof of the one fact, regard the other as proved, and shall not allow evidence to be given for the purpose of disproving it. (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 4) When one fact is
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Deposition
Deposition: (1) Depriving of a dignity, etc. (2) The act of giving public testimony, technically, the evidence put down in writing by way of answer to questions. It is an incontrovertible rule at Common Law,
Proved
Proved, there is no difference between the general rules of evidence in civil and criminal cases, and the definition of 'proved' in s. 3 of the Evidence Act does
Accomplice
others in the commission of a crime, Hawk. P.C. 87. An accomplice could always be called to give evidence, and by virtue of (English) Lord Denman's Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. C. 85), s. 1, even
Presumption
law or custom establishes the truth of any point, on a presumption that cannot be overcome by contrary evidence; thus, that a child under seven is incapable of committing a felony (2) The pr'sumptio juris is a
Character
character; but if he call witnesses to his good character, a previous conviction against him maybe put in evidence. Witnesses to the bad character of prisoner can be called only to contradict witnesses to his good character,
Perpetuating testimony
Perpetuating testimony. When evidence is likely to be irrecoverably lost, by reason of a witness being old, or infirm, or going abroad
Investigation
Criminal Proce-dure, 1898 defines 'investigation' as to include all the proceedings under that Code for the collection of evidence conducted by the police officer or other persons other than a Magistrate in this behalf. Under the Code
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