Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 301 · Decided 4 August 1999
Jogendra Nahak and ORS. v. State of Orissa and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 301 · [1999] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 39
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 735/1999
- Decided
- 4 August 1999
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, D.P. MOHAPATRA, U.C. BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 164, 161
Headnote
NAHAK AND QRS. v. ST A TE OF ORIS SA AND ORS. AUGUST 4, 1999 A [K.T. THOMAS, D.P.'MOHAPATRA AND U.C. BANERJEE, JJ.J B Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Section 164-Scope of-Pefsonl witness apprdaching magistrate directly for recording statement­ lnvestigating Agency not moving the Magistrate for the statement of a person unsponsored by the investigating agency. Appellants filed writ petition before the High Court for directing the D investigating officer to record their statements, in respect of an incident, under Section 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code and for a further direction
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