Supreme Court of India

State by Karnataka Lokayukta Police Station, Bengaluru v. M.R. Hiremath

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Reported as [2019] 8 S.C.R. 713

Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.

Decided 1 May 2019

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6 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the above reasons we are of the view that the appe al would have to be allowed.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Evidence Act, 1872: s. 65B(4) – Admissibility of ele ctronic records – Secondary evidence of the electronic record based on the spy camera – Requirement of production of certifica te u/s. 65B – When – Held: Requirement of producing a certificate ar ises when the electronic record is sought to be used as evidence in t he trial – On facts, allegation that a trap was set up and second ac cused was apprehended while receiving money on behalf of the respondent towards initial payment of bribe – Complainant is al leged to have met the respondent during the course of the meeting and conversation was

Authorities it was built on

2013 Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P. and Ors. cited by 46
2014 Anvar P.V. v. P.K. Basheer and Ors. cited by 15
1970 P. Sirajuddin Etc. v. State of Madras Etc. cited by 11
2014 State of Tamil Nadu by Ins.of Police Vigilance and Anti Corruption v. N. Suresh Rajan & Ors. cited by 11
2017 Sonu@amar v. State of Haryana cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

2025 State Rep. by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption Chennai City-i Department v. G. Easwaran relied on
2023 State of Karnataka v. T. Naseer @ Nasir @ Thandiantavida Naseer @ Umarhazi @ Hazi & Ors. relied on
2022 Ghulam Hassan Beigh v. Mohammad Maqbool Magrey & Ors. relied on
2021 State of Rajasthan v. Ashok Kumar Kashyap relied on
2020 Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal and Ors. relied on
2022 State through Deputy Superintendent of Police v. R. Soundirarasu Etc. referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 1 referred to

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