Defence counsel in a trial in Bhopal wishes to contradict prosecution witness Geeta with a written…

Section 148 of the BSA allows cross-examination on a previous written statement without the writing being shown to the witness or proved. If the writing is to be used to contradict her, her attention must first be called to the parts relied on, before the writing is proved. So the correct statement is "She may be cross-examined about it without its being shown to her or proved, but before the writing is proved to contradict her, her attention must be drawn to the parts to be used".