Supreme Court of India

Atma Ram & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2019] 5 S.C.R. 714

Bench Uday Umesh Lalit and Indu Malhotra JJ.

Decided 11 April 2019

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss. 273, 299, 317, 461, Chapters XXVIII and XXIX – Examination of witnesses without ensuring presence o f accused in the Court – Affect of – Criminal trial – Conviction and death sentence – Death Reference and appeals by accused – High Cou rt quashed the judgment of trial court on the ground that the t rial court had recorded the statements of twelve witnesses in the absence of accused – Direction to trial Court to record statements of the witness es after securing presence of the accused in the court – In appeal, held: The right of accused to watch the

Authorities it was built on

2001 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Bhooraji and Ors. cited by 20
2004 Sakshi v. Union of India cited by 18
2009 Jayendra Vishnu Thakur v. State of Maharahstra and Another cited by 10
1963 Pandit Ukha Kolhe v. The State of Maharashtra cited by 7
2003 The State of Maharashtra v. Dr. Praful B. Desai and Anr. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2025 Waris v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to

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