IEA 156 — Questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact, admissible

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

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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