PATHLEGAL JUDGEMENTS:Cr.P.C.: STATEMENT OF WITNESS IN S.161 INADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE IN S. 482 PLEA

The Apex Court bench comprising of Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Deepak Gupta noted that the statement of the witnesses recorded under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not admissible as evidence when the court is examining a petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court held that the High Court erred in quashing the criminal proceedings by scrutinizing the recorded witnesses’ statement under Section 161 Cr.P.C.
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