The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

CHAPTER X OF EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES

Section 147: Evidence as to matters in writing.

(1) Any question suggesting the answer which the person putting it wishes or expects to receive, is called a leading question.

(2) Leading questions must not, if objected to by the adverse party, be asked in an examination-in-chief, or in a re-examination, except with the permission of the Court

(3) The Court shall permit leading questions as to matters which are introductory or undisputed, or which have, in its opinion, been already sufficiently proved.

(4) Leading questions may be asked in cross-examination

About The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

An Act to consolidate and to provide for general rules and principles of evidence for fair trial.