Supreme Court of India
State of Kerala v. Babu and Ors.
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For the above reasons, this appeal fails and the judgments impugned are confirmed though for a different reason as indicated above.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Sections 91(1), 161, 162, 172-Indian Evidence Act, 1872-Section 145-Sessions case-Whether Court can summon the case diary of a different case not pertaining to the one in hand-Held, yes-Further held, the power to summon the case diary emanates not from Section 172 but from Section 91(1). The respondents-accused in a Sessions case filed an application under Section 172 of the Criminal Procedure Code for summoning a case diary in a different case for the purpose of contradicting the statement of a witness and to impeach the credit of the witness in the Sessions
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