Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 221 · Decided 4 May 1999
State of Kerala v. Babu and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 221 · [1999] 2 S.C.R. 978
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 761/1993
- Decided
- 4 May 1999
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, N. SANTOSH HEGDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 91(1), 161, 162, 172, 145; Evidence Act Section 145
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Sections 91(1), 161, 162, 172-Indian Evidence Act, 1872-Section 145-Sessions case-Whether Court can summon the case diary of a different case not pertaining to the one in hand-Held, C yes-Further held, the power to summon the case diary emanates not from Section 172 the Criminal Procedure Code for summoning a case diary in a different case for the purpose of contradicting the statement of a witness D and to impeach the credit of the witness in the Sessions case. The respondents also prayed for recalling the witness. The Sessions Judge allowed the application.
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