Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 492 · Decided 18 October 2000
Manish Dixit and ORS. v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 492 · [2000] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 74
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 779/1998
- Decided
- 18 October 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 165, 166; Evidence Act Section 34
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872: Section 34-"Books of accounts "-Meaning of-Hotels register­ C Entries in-Evidentiary value of-Held: Unless a hotel register contains any statement of account it cannot be treated as a book of accounts-Even if it were so an entry therein cannot be the basis to or inconsistencies in-Clarification of-Held: Public Prosecutor should put such questions in re-examination as to enable a witness to explain the incongruities. Section 165-Court's power to put questions-Held: is unlimited-No party is entitled to object to such questions-Court
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