witness and evidence in the words of apex court

 witness and evidence in the words of apex court put a witness means to furnish evidence a person can be a witness not merely by giving oral evidence but also by producing documents for making intelligible C section 119 of evidence act like to be a witness is nothing more than to furnish evidence and search evidence can be furnished throw the lips for by production of a thing of a document for another modes so far as production of document is concerned no doubt Section 139 of the evidence act says that a person producing a document on someone's is not a witness but that section is meant to regulate the right of cross examination it is not a guide to the quotati C section 119 of evidence act like to be a witness is nothing more than to furnish evidence and search evidence can be furnished through the lips for by production of a thing of a document for another modes so far as production of document is concerned no doubt Section 139 of the evidence act says that a person producing a document on someone's is not a witness but that section is meant to regulate the right of cross examination it is not a guide to the word witness on of the word witness guesture as in the case of a dumb MP Sharma vs Satish Chandra Delhi AIR  Delhi 1954 Supreme Court 300