P.C Purushothama Reddiar v. S. Perumal, 1972 AIR 608, 1972 SCR (2) 646 Court while considering the effect of Section 35 of the Evidence Act observed as follows:
“It was lastly contended that the evidence afforded by the Police reports is not relevant. This again is untenable contention. Reports in question were made by Government officials in the discharge of their official duties. Those officers had been deputed by their superiors to cover the meetings in question….
The first part of Section 35 of the Evidence Act says that an entry in any public record stating a fact in issue or relevant fact and made by a public servant in the discharge of his official duty is relevant evidence. Quite clearly the reports in question were made by public servants in discharge of their official duty.”
