Evidence Act, 1872, Section 154 -- Hostile witness - Evidence of a hostile witness would not be totally rejected if spoken in favour of either prosecution or accused - It would rather have to be subjected to closer scrutiny and that portion of evidence which is consistent with case of prosecution or defence may be accepted...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 154 -- Hostile witness - Merely because witness resiled from his statement given to police, entire case presented by prosecution is not unreliable particularly when he has, in his testimony, not stated an alternative case which would lead us to question the credibility of other eyewitnesses...........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 16, Rule 21, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 120, 137, 138, 139, 154, 155 -- Party as its own witness and a witness - Provisions of the Code as also Evidence Act do not differentiate between a party to the suit acting as a witness and a witness otherwise called by such a party to testify...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 154 -- Hostile witness - Evidence of a hostile witness can form basis of conviction...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 154 -- Hostile witness - Corroborated part of evidence of a hostile witness regarding commission of offence is admissible - Merely because there is deviation from statement in FIR, witness's statement cannot be termed totally unreliable...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 154 -- Hostile witness - Testimony of any witness cannot be discarded as a whole on basis of hostility...........
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 33(2), Evidence Act, 1872, Section 154 -- Victim turned hostile - Cross examination of victim - Victim under POCSO Act can be permitted to be cross examined by State once she turns hostile...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 154 -- Hostile witness - Appreciation of a fact - Court can consider not only the specific part in which witness has turned hostile but also the circumstances under which it happened can also be considered, particularly in a situation where the chief examination was completed and there are circumstances indicating the reasons behind the..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32 -- FIR - FIR lodged by deceased is admissible u/s 32 of Evidence Act...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 154 -- Hostile witness - Credible evidence even of a hostile witness can form basis for conviction in a criminal trial...........
