CHAPTER X OF EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES
Section 144: Cross examination of person called to produce a document.
(1) Witnesses shall be first examined-in-chief, then (if the adverse party so desires) cross-examined, then (if the party calling him so desires) re-examined.
(2) The examination-in-chief and cross-examination must relate to relevant facts, but the cross-examination need not be confined to the facts to which the witness testified on his examination-inchief.
(3) The re-examination shall be directed to the explanation of matters referred to in cross-examination; and, if new matter is, by permission of the Court, introduced in re-examination, the adverse party may further cross-examine upon that matter.
About The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
An Act to consolidate and to provide for general rules and principles of evidence for fair trial.