Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 · Chapter IX: Of Witnesses
Section 135: Production of title-deeds of witness not a party
In plain words
A witness who is not a party cannot be compelled to produce their title-deeds to property, documents under which they hold property as pledgee or mortgagee, or documents that might incriminate them, unless they agreed in writing to produce them.
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Official text
No witness who is not a party to a suit shall be compelled to produce his title-deeds to any property, or any document in virtue of which he holds any property as pledgee or mortgagee or any document the production of which might tend to criminate him, unless he has agreed in writing to produce them with the person seeking the production of such deeds or some person through whom he claims
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 135
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