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Issues: Whether a certified copy of a registered sale deed kept in the office of the Sub-Registrar is admissible in evidence as a public document, and whether an objection to its admissibility can be raised after the document has been marked as an exhibit without objection.
Analysis: The copy of the sale deed preserved in the Sub-Registrar's office is a public record of a private document and falls within the category of public documents. A certified copy of such a public document is admissible to prove its contents under the Evidence Act, and the requirement for secondary evidence under Section 65 is not attracted to such a certified copy. The document was also proved through the Sub-Registrar's office witness and was admitted in evidence without objection. Once a document has been marked as an exhibit and used in examination and cross-examination, its admissibility cannot later be challenged in appeal or revision.
Conclusion: The certified copy was admissible in evidence, and the objection to its admissibility was not open at the appellate stage. The contrary view of the lower appellate court was erroneous.
Ratio Decidendi: A certified copy of a registered document preserved as a public record is admissible as evidence of its contents, and an objection to admissibility is waived if the document is received and used in evidence without timely protest.
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