# When daily payment is made to a witness entries in Form no. 18 of the General

- **Citation:** C.L.No.75/VIII
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1956-03-26
- **Case number:** C.L.No.75/VIII
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/when-daily-payment-is-made-to-a-witness-entries-in-form-no-18-of-the-general-163876
- **Pages:** 1

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C.L.No.75/VIII a-53 dated 27th November, 1948
When daily payment is made to a witness entries in Form no. 18 of the General
Rules (Criminal), 1957,*** should be made on the date of his arrival (provided it be a date
fixed for the hearing of the case), whether the case be or be not heard on the date of
arrival.

The entries relating to witnesses who attend court on several dates should not be
made at one and the same place irrespective of the date on which they attend. The entries
should, on the other hand, be made date-wise, but in order that the register may indicate
at a glance whether a witness has or has not appeared in the same case on a previous date
as well, subsequent entries relating to the same witness in column I should be made in red
ink.
C.E.No.88/VIIId-6 dated 25th August, 1970

All criminal courts working under the District Judges must invariably use Form
nos. 18 and 19, General Rules (Criminal) for register of witnesses and payment order
respectively.
C.L.No.3/VIIIa-52 dated 6th January, 1966

According to provisions of rule 169 of the General Rules (Criminal), 1957* the
register of witnesses should be maintained in Form no. 18 by the Reader or an official of
the court and not by the Court Moharrir and the names of all the witnesses, whether
examined or discharged without examination, should be entered therein irrespective of
the payment of allowances and also without taking into consideration that it is police case
or not. In the case of the witnesses to whom the court does not order expenses to be paid,
a line is to be drawn through columns 12 to 20 of the register. It is also added that the
drawal of expenses of the witnesses to be paid in police cases from the account of the
police office and not the Court Nazir in accordance with the instructions contained in
para 3 of the Government Order no. 916/O & M, dated March 26, 1956, does not warrant
a deviation from the procedure indicated in the preceding paragraphs.
(iv)
 Examination of witnesses
C.L.No.179/VIII-h-2 dated 9th November, 1976

The presiding officers should see and ensure that while examining or cross
examining a witness, the counsel should not stand in the vicinity of witness, but at a
distance; and until witness boxes are constructed, the witnesses may be allowed to stand
in the accused's box.
G.L.No.2311/47-1(3) dated 6th August, 1919

The letter noted in the bloc calls attention to the way in which courts allow the
cross-examination of a witness to be carried on to what may be termed ―scandalous
length‖ and the inability or unwillingness of courts to disallow of their own motion,
examination or cross-examination on irrelevant matters. The High Court fears that
judicial officers do not sufficiently examine the record before they enter upon the

*** NOTE: Now 1977 vide notication 504/Vb-13 dated 5.11.1983
* Note : Now 1977 vide notification 504/Vb-13 dated 5.11.1983