Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 · Chapter II: Relevancy of Facts · How much of a statement is to be proved
Section 33: What evidence to be given when statement forms part of a conversation, document, electronic record, book or series of letters or papers
In plain words
When a statement given in evidence is part of a longer statement, conversation, document, book, electronic record or series of letters, only as much of the whole as the court considers necessary to fully understand the statement and its circumstances is given in evidence.
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Official text
When any statement of which evidence is given forms part of a longer statement, or of a conversation or part of an isolated document, or is contained in a document which forms part of a book, or is contained in part of electronic record or of a connected series of letters or papers, evidence shall be given of so much and no more of the statement, conversation, document, electronic record, book or series of letters or papers as the Court considers necessary in that particular case to the full understanding of the nature and effect of the statement, and of the circumstances under which it was made.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 25 August 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 33
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