Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 159
Questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact, admissible
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BSA Section 159 deals with questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact, admissible and replaces Evidence Act 156.
Bare act text — BSA 159
159. Questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact, admissible.
When a witness whom it is intended to corroborate gives evidence of any relevant fact, he may be questioned as to any other circumstances which he observed at or near to the time or place at which such relevant fact occurred, if the Court is of opinion that such circumstances, if proved, would corroborate the testimony of the witness as to the relevant fact which he testifies Illustration. A, an accomplice, gives an account of a robbery in which he took part. He describes various incidents unconnected with the robbery which occurred on his way to and from the place where it was committed. Independent evidence of these facts may be given in order to corroborate his evidence as to the robbery itself.
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What was BSA Section 159 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 159 (Questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact, admissible) replaces Section 156 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 156 is now BSA 159.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 154 — Indecent and scandalous questions
- BSA 155 — Questions intended to insult or annoy
- BSA 156 — Exclusion of evidence to contradict answers to questions testing veracity
- BSA 157 — Question by party to his own witness
- BSA 158 — Impeaching credit of witness
- BSA 160 — Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact
- BSA 161 — What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 26 or 27
- BSA 162 — Refreshing memory
- BSA 163 — Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 162
- BSA 164 — Right of adverse party as to writing used to refresh memory