VIGILANCE MANUAL VOLUME III - AP Online

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sec. 8 Evidence Act, irrespective of whether any statement by the
accused contemporaneously with or antecedent to such conduct falls
within the purview of sec. 27 Evidence Act. The Supreme Court saw
no reason to rule out the evidence relating to the conduct of the
accused which lends circumstantial assurance of the testimony of
the trap witness.
(189)
Witnesses — turning hostile
Witness be treated as hostile where he states
something which is destructive of the prosecution
case.
G.S. Bakshi vs. State,
AIR 1979 SC 569
The Supreme Court held that when a prosecution witness
turns hostile by stating something which is destructive of the
prosecution case, the prosecution is entitled to pray that the witness
be treated as hostile. In such a case, the trial court must allow the
public prosecutor to treat the witness as hostile.
(190)
(A) P.C. Act, 1988 — Sec. 19
(B) Sanction of prosecution — under P.C. Act
Sanction can be proved by producing original sanction
containing facts constituting the offence and grounds
of satisfaction or by adducing evidence to that effect.
Mohd. Iqbal Ahmed vs. State of Andhra Pradesh,
AIR 1979 SC 677
The Supreme Court held that it is incumbent on the prosecution
to prove that a valid sanction has been granted by the Sanctioning
Authority after it was satisfied that a case for sanction has been made
out constituting the offence. This should be done in two ways; either