Question not to be asked without reasonable grounds
अध्याय 10: साक्षियों की परीक्षा
यह राजपत्र में छपा आधिकारिक अंग्रेज़ी पाठ है। आधिकारिक हिंदी पाठ जल्द जोड़ा जाएगा। धारा का शीर्षक भी अभी आधिकारिक अंग्रेज़ी में है।
No such question as is referred to in section 151 ought to be asked, unless the person asking it has reasonable grounds for thinking that the imputation which it conveys is well-founded.
Illustrations.
(a) An advocate is instructed by another advocate that an important witness is a dacoit. This is a reasonable ground for asking the witness whether he is a dacoit.
(b) An advocate is informed by a person in Court that an important witness is a dacoit. The informant, on being questioned by the advocate, gives satisfactory reasons for his statement. This is a reasonable ground for asking the witness whether he is a dacoit.
(c) A witness, of whom nothing whatever is known, is asked at random whether he is a dacoit. There are here no reasonable grounds for the question.
(d) A witness, of whom nothing whatever is known, being questioned as to his mode of life and means of living, gives unsatisfactory answers. This may be a reasonable ground for asking him if he is a dacoit.
भारतीय साक्ष्य अधिनियम, 2023 (2023 का अधिनियम संख्यांक 47). जैसा 25 दिसंबर 2023 को राजपत्र में छपा। बाद के संशोधन, यदि कोई हों, शामिल नहीं।
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- 149Questions lawful in cross-examinationसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 146
- 150When witness to be compelled to answerसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 147
- 151Court to decide when question shall be asked and when witness compelled to answerसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 148
- 153Procedure of Court in case of question being asked without reasonable groundsसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 150
- 154Indecent and scandalous questionsसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 151
- 155Questions intended to insult or annoyसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 152