Court can ask question under Section 161 of the Act

Solution

Object and purpose of section 161 is to collect evidence regarding commission of an offence by examining and recording the statements of the witnesses material in respect of commission of the offence.Section 179 of the Indian Penal Code punishes a person being legally bound to state truth to any public servant and not a person refusing to answer any question put to him by public servant acting under Section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code.