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Every criminal case asks two questions: what did the accused do , and what was going on in the accused's mind when doing it? The doing is called actus reus (the guilty act). The thinking is called mens rea (the guilty mind).
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These notes cover the law of evidence under the B.S.A., 2023, following the LL.B. Semester III course outline (July–December 2026, NLU Odisha). The material is arranged in six modules and 47 numbered concepts, followed by a last-minute revision section.
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About this subject ▶ Watch this part of the lecture (0:00) A judge must decide, months or years later, what happened in an incident the judge never saw. The only way is through evidence , the bridge between the past event and the present courtroom. The Law of Evidence decides which planks can build…
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