Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Code of Criminal Procedure 164 statements of appellants were recorded under s.161 and 164 1973 - ss.161 306 - Allegation of corruption - Charge sheet against persons including senior officers of State undertaking - During investigation |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Order |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Others |
Headnote | Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.161, 164, 306 - Allegation of corruption - Charge sheet against persons including senior officers of State undertaking - During investigation, statements of appellants were recorded under s.161 and 164 - Appellants were not arrayed as accused but were cited as witness in the charge sheet -After court took cognizance against the accused named in the chargesheet, some of the accused made applications u/ss.193/319 to summon these three persons as accused- Trial court rejected the application, however, High Court summoned appellants as accused - High. Court found the version of the appellants in their statements ulss.161 and 164 self incriminating - Held: In the instant case, decision of the High Court was not arrived at by weighing the interest of justice in having the appellants as accused instead of their utility as witnesses - The decision was based on the sole consideration of materia{,against them - It was erroneously assumed that without following the procedure of s.306, an accomplice could not be cited as a witness - Further question, whether rejecting the proposal of prosecution to cite the appellants as witnesses would jeopardise prosecution case against more serious accused was not gone into - Thus matter needs fresh consideration on this touchstone - Matter remanded to High Court for fresh consideration - While considering whether these three persons be summoned as accused or not, the High Court shall not take into account the statements made by them either under s.161 or s.164 as proposed witnesses. |
Judge | N/A |
Neutral Citation | 2017 INSC 797 |
Petitioner | Girish Sharma & Ors. |
Respondent | The State Of Chhattisgarh & Ors. |
SCR | [2017] 7 S.C.R. 582 |
Judgement Date | 2017-08-23 |
Case Number | 939-940 |
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