Iswar Bhai C. Patel & Bachu Bhai Patel vs Harihar Behera & Anr on 16 March, 1999
In Iswar Bhai C. Patel vs.
Harihar Behera, (1999) 3 SCC 457 this Court observed as
follows:
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“17…..Having not entered into the witnessbox and
having not presented himself for crossexamination,
an adverse presumption has to be drawn against him
on the basis of the principles contained in Illustration