Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
(1) When the statement recorded under Section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, is used in a manner indicated in section 162 of the Code, to contradict the witness, the specific statement put to the witness should be set out accurately verbatim (to be put in inverted commas), in the record of the deposition of the said witness. When that statement is to be proved, it should be recorded in the same manner as above in the evidence of Officer who recorded the statement. (2) Omission in the statement recorded under section 161 amounting to contradiction should, if denied by the witness, be proved by questioning the police officer as to whether the witness had made the statement which he says he had. In case in which the omission suggested to be implied in an express statement made under Section 161, that express statement should be brought on record in the same manner as under sub-paragraph (1) for the purpose of finding out whether the omission is significant or otherwise relevant as contemplated by Explanation to section 161, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.