Can accused get complainant's statement before charge sheet ?
Accused is one, against whose there are any criminal allegations. Correctness of such allegations are yet to be tested on Judicial Touchstone.
During the
course of investigation, Judicial Magistrate have a Right to Record the
Statement (including confession) of either of the Parties u/s 164 of CrPC
The above
Question is answered by Honโble Supreme Court in the Matter of ๐ ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฃ (decided on 08-10-2020 -
Criminal Appeal 659 of 2020 ) by concluding that
โ๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ 164 ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐-๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ช๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ 207 ๐๐ฃ๐ 208 ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ Code ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐.โ
Such a
statement can also be used while deciding his bail application. So the
situation will arise that โA person will be refused bail on the basis of some
statement, of which he has no knowledge and therefore he cannot even counterโ.
Is it not alarming that only on allegation, a man has to loose his independence
?
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