Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - s.278 - Rape case - Recording of testimony of prosecutrix through video conferencing |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Disposed Off |
Headnote | Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s.278 — Rape case — Recording of testimony of prosecutrix through video conferencing - Complainant prosecutrix-PW5 a citizen of Ireland filed a complaint against appellant alleging rape — Four witnesses examined before examining PW5- Trial court accepted prayer to record testimony of PW5 through video conference — Appellant challenged the procedure adopted by trial court, while recording the statement of PW5 through video conferencing by filing petition u/s.482 Cr.P.C. — High Court laid down procedure for recording such statement — In the instant appeal, appellant alleged that the procedure postulated by High Court was not fair to him~ Held: In addition to the steps and safeguards provided in the impugned order, following procedure should be adopted, while recording the statement of PW5 — State of West Bengal to make provision for recording the testimony of PW5 in trial Court by seeking the services of the NIC for installing the appropriate equipment for video conferencing ~ Before recording her statement, the Embassy to nominate a responsible officer, in whose presence the statement would be recorded — The officer so deputed shall ensure and affirm to the trial court that there is no other person besides the concerned witness, in the room, in which the testimony of PW5 is be recorded — In case, the witness is in possession of any material or documents, the same shall be taken over by the officer concerned in his personal custody — The statement of the witness shall be recorded in consonance with the provisions of s.278—At the culmination of the recording of the statement, the same shall be read out to the witness in the presence of the accused — The transcript of the statement of the witness recorded through video conferencing shall be scanned and dispatched through email to the Embassy — At the embassy, the witness will authenticate the same in consonance with ’ law — The said authenticated statement shall be endorsed by the officer deputed by the Embassy — It shall be scanned and returned to the trial court through email — The statement signed by the witness at the Embassy, shall be retained in its custody in a sealed cover — The statement received by the trial court through email shall be re-endorsed by the trial Judge — The instant statement endorsed by the trial Judge, shall constitute the testimony of PWS, for all intents and purposes — Appellant's plea that recording of the video- graphic testimony of the witness should be furnished to the appellant is rejected — These parameters have to be adopted to record the testimony of PW5, in addition to the procedure and safeguards provided for in the impugned order. |
Judge | Honble Mr. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar |
Neutral Citation | 2015 INSC 885 |
Petitioner | Sujoymitra |
Respondent | State Of West Bengal |
SCR | [2015] 14 S.C.R. 920 |
Judgement Date | 2015-12-02 |
Case Number | 1620 |
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