Indian Evidence Act, 1872
164. Using, as evidence, of document production of which
was refused on notice
When a party refuses
to produce a document which he has had notice to produce, he cannot afterwards
use the document as evidence without the consent of the other party or the order
of the Court.
Illustration
A use B on an
agreement and gives B notice to produce it, At the trial A calls for the
document and B refuses to produce it. A gives secondary evidence of its
contents. B seeks to produce documents itself to contradict the secondary
evidence given by A, or in order to show that the agreement is not stamped. He
cannot do so.