Supreme Court of India

Nirmal Singh v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2000] 2 S.C.R. 807
Bench G.B. Pattanaik and R.P. Sethi JJ.
Decided 30 March 2000

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Section 299(1)-lndian Evidence Act, 1872-Section 33-Deposition of witnesses in absence of accused-Admissi- bility of-The procedure under Section 299 being exception to the principle embodied in Section 33, it is necessary that the pre-conditions for utilising c such statements in evidence during trial must be strictly complied with and be established and proved like any other fact-Statement of witness uls. 299 tendered in evidence when death of the witnesses established-Whether the statements could be treated as evidence-Held, Yes. Indian Penal Code,

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