Middolla Harijana Thimmaiah @ ... vs State Of A.P. Rep. By S.H.O., Pargi P.S. on 28 April, 2004
In Middolla Hanjana Thimmalah v. State of A.P., 2005 (1) Andh L.T.537, the Full Bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that before a Court exercises discretion in declaring a witness hostile there must be some material to show that the witness has gone back on his earlier statement or is not speaking the truth or has changed sides and transfers his loyalty to the adversary. Furthermore, it is not merely on the basis of a small or insignificant omission that the witness may have made before earlier authorities that the party calling the witness can ask the Court to exercise its discretion.