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Allahabad High Court| No illegality in taking written statement of witness under Section 161 CrPC when reduced into writing in presence of witnesses as well as I.O.

A written statement sent by post or deliver by another person, may not fall under ‘to examine orally' but a written statement submitted by witness himself to I.O., and if the I.O. has assured its genuineness and reduced it in writing, shall be a statement duly recorded under Section 161 CrPC.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Strict rules of evidence are not applicable to a Departmental Enquiry”; Supreme Court permits to exhibit case diary as a document in a departmental proceeding

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai, JJ., held that strict Rules Of Evidence do not apply

Case Briefs High Courts

Patna HC grants anticipatory bail to a person apprehending arrest under SC/ST Act noting inconsistencies in statements recorded in FIR and case diary

Patna High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Birendra Kumar, J. allowed the plea for anticipatory bail of a person apprehending