Legal Question in Criminal Law in India

in acriminal case during crossexamination of a prosecution witness defence lawyer produces a statement made by the witness earlier.this statement was given by the witness to his superior. witness admits it is his statement. it is marked as d1.the question is whether we have to highlight the points in the statement and get it confirmed by the witness or highlight the points at the time of arguement?these points are not in 161


Asked on 11/17/11, 10:07 pm

3 Answers from Attorneys

Aniruddha Pawse Aniruddha.P.Pawse Advocates

only if you wish to contradict the statement with the previous statement.

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Answered on 11/17/11, 11:57 pm
RAJIV GUPTA (Cell: +91 9811284735) [email protected]

in case the witness admits the statement, he cannot retract the same later.

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Answered on 11/18/11, 7:38 am
Shrichand Nahar S.V.Nahar, Advocate

If his statement is acceptable to you, then nothing further is require.

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Answered on 3/21/12, 9:52 pm


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