Is Hearsay Evidence Admissible in HC?
evidence clat_pg advanced late_night_postKya main kuch bhi sunne ko kuch bhi kar sakta hoon? yawn Okay, so yeh sawal: is hearsay evidence admissible in HC? Specifically, in Shabbir Bi v State of UP (2018), SC held in para 23: "The testimony of PW-5 that PW-1 had told him that PW-2 was the person who had committed the murder... is clearly hearsay evidence and should not have been taken into consideration by the courts below..." So, basically, mere sunne ka proof admissible nahi hai. But what if hearsay is corroborated with some other evidence?
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Aapka sawaal bahut achcha hai! Hearsay evidence ke baare mein, Section 60 of Evidence Act, 1872 ka dhyan rakhna hoga. Jo statement ek shaktishali jaankari ke roop mein upyog kiya gaya hai, uss par adhikarik shakti ke siddhant ke anusaar, High Court mein apni adalat mein adhyarop kiya ja sakta hai.