Supreme Court of India

Shamsher Singh Verma v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2015] 12 S.C.R. 234
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 24 November 2015

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the compact disc is also a document. !t is not necessary for the court to obtain admission or denial on a E document under sub-section (1) to Section 294 CrPC personally from the accused or complainant or the witness.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.294 - Right of c defence - Denial of - Allegation against the accused­ appellant that he molested a female child aged 9 years - Complainant party and accused-appellant related to each other-Application by accused-appellant for getting exhibited the compact disc filed in defence and to get the same proved from Forensic Science Laboratory- In the application, it was alleged that there was recording of conversation between father of the victim and the son and the wife of the accused regarding the property dispute - Said application rejected - Held: The compact

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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