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PART IV PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE · CHAPTER X OF EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES

Section 160: Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact

The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

In order to corroborate the testimony of a witness, any former statement made by such witness relating to the same fact, at or about the time when the fact took place, or before any authority legally competent to investigate the fact, may be proved.

Corresponding Evidence Act provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

Questions on this section

3 questions in 12 of our papers cite Section 160. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Under Section 160 of the BSA, in order to corroborate the testimony of a witness, a former statement made by him relating to the same fact may be proved if it was made:

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