Supreme Court of India
Shafhi Mohammad v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered view that notwithstanding the fact that as of now investigating agencies in India are not fully equipped and prepared for the use of videography, the time is ripe that steps are taken to introduce videography in investigation, particularl y for crime scene as desirable and acceptable best practice as sugg ested by the Committee of the MHA to strengthen the Rule of Law.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Investigation – Use of videography on the scene of c rime – Videography of crime scene during investigation is of immense value in improving administration of criminal justice – T echnology is a great tool in investigation – By videography, crucial evidence can be captured and presented in a credible manner – Notwithstandi ng the fact that as of now investigating agencies in India are not fully equipped and prepared for the use of videography, the t ime is ripe that steps are taken to introduce videography in in vestigation, particularly for crime scene as desirable and accep table best
Authorities it was built on
- 2005 State (n.c.t. of Delhi) v. Navjot Sandhu@afsan Guru
- 1975 Ziyauddin Burhanuddin Bukhari v. Brijmohan Ramdass Mehra & Ors.
- 2012 Mohammed Ajmal Mohammad Amir Kasab @ Abu Mujahid v. State of Maharashtra
- 2009 Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana
- 2015 Tomaso Bruno & Anr. v. State of U.P.
- 2015 Dilip K. Basu v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
- 2010 Tukaram S. Dighole v. Manikrao Shivaji Kokate
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Rahil & Anr. v. State (govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi)
- 2026 Pooranmal v. The State of Rajasthan & Anr.
- 2025 Kum. Shubha @ Shubhashankar v. State of Karnataka & Anr
- 2025 Rahil & Anr. v. State (govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi)
- 2025 Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2022 Mohd. Arif @ Ashfaq v. State (nct of Delhi)
- 2022 Ravinder Singh @ Kaku v. State of Punjab
- 2020 Paramvir Singh Saini v. Baljit Singh & Ors.
- 2019 V. Rajaram v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police Cbi/scb
- 2018 Union of India & Ors. v. Cdr. Ravindra V. Desai
- 2020 Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal and Ors.
Of those, 1 referred to · 9 mentioned · 1 overruled
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