DOST MUHAMMAD vs Malik SHAH MUHAMMAD art — 2023 PCrLJ 326 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN

Case information

Citation: 2023 PCrLJ 326 QUETTA-HIGH-COURT-BALOCHISTAN
Court: Balochistan High Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: PCRLJ
Parties: DOST MUHAMMAD vs Malik SHAH MUHAMMAD art

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Judgment text as reported

DOST MUHAMMAD VS Malik SHAH MUHAMMAD art. 150---Question by party to his own witness---Scope---Plain reading of art. 150 of Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984, indicates that it is the discretion of the Court to permit the party who calls a witness to put any question to him, and it is not the right of that party---Such discretion is to be exercised with due caution and attention, keeping in view the interests of both the parties so that no one is prejudiced from the order of the Court---Normally a witness who becomes hostile or antagonistic to the party who produced him for recording evidence in his support is allowed to be cross-examined to impeach the credit of the witness by evidence of the kind mentioned in art. 151 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984---In order to enable a party to invoke art. 150 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984, it is necessary to establish that the witness is guilty of equivocation, or that he is varying in his statement, or trying to suppress the truth or that he bears animosity towards the party who calls him---In absence of any act on the part of the witness of the above nature, a party is not entitled to cross-examine his witness to impeach his credit.

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