-Evidence of witness, recording of--Slip of tongue, correction of--

 2022 SCMR 667

Evidence of witness, recording of--Slip of tongue, correction of---Scope---Court in order to. declare any fact deposed by a witness as a slip of tongue as required to look into the material available on record---When evidence of a witness was taken down in appealable cases, the procedure was provided under O. XVIII, R. 5 of the C.P.C.--After recording statement it was read over to a witness and that was the time when the witness could tell that any recorded information was a slip of tongue or it was wrongly recorded--In case any information or any portion of statement was recorded wrongly, the party had a right to move for correction of the same before the completion of the proceedings of the said date--When a statement was recorded, at the end it was read over to the witness and a witness had a right to move for correction if any part of the statement was wrongly recorded.