KASIM ALI Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) K. N. Ojha, J. Instant revision has been filed against the order dated 13-6-2001 passed by the Xth Additional Sessions Judge, Meerut, In Sessions Trial No. 1537 of 1997, State v. Abu Hasan and others, under Sections 302, 307, 394, 411 IPC, Police Station Baraut, District Meerut, by which the learned Additional Sessions Judge has rejected the prayer of the revisionist for putting questions to P. W. 6 Shaukin to contradict his statement with the facts mentioned in the affidavit alleged to have been filed by him during investigation.

(2.) HEARD Sri M. Islam, learned Counsel for the revisionist and Sri Shekhar Yadav, learned AGA and have gone through the record.

(3.) SECTION 145 of the Indian Evidence Act contemplates that "a witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing, and relevant to matters in question, without such writing being shown to him, or being proved; but if it is intended to contradict him by the writing, his attention must, before the writing can be proved, be called to those parts of it which are to be used for the purpose of contradicting him. "