Section 158 Indian Evidence Act 1872
Section 158 of the Indian Evidence Act 1872 is about ‘What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 32 or 33’. It is under Chapter X of the Act. Chapter X is titled ‘OF THE EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES‘.
What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 32 or 33
Whenever any statement, relevant under section 32 or 33, is proved, all matters may be proved either in order to contradict or to corroborate it, or in order to impeach or confirm the credit of the person by whom it was made, which might have been proved if that person had been called as a witness and had denied upon cross-examination the truth of the matter suggested.
See also:
Section 157 Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact)