In the case of Dinesh B.S V. State of Karnataka, the division bench comprising Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Pankaj Mithal relied on Laxmi Raj Shetty & Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu, (1988) 3 SCC 319 and reiterated that a newspaper report is only hearsay evidence and it can only be treated as secondary evidence under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
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