Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1155 · Decided 22 September 2025
The Central Bureau of Investigation v. Mir Usman @ Ara @ Mir Usman Ali
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1155 · [2025] 9 S.C.R. 1490
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 969/2025
- Decided
- 22 September 2025
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- BNSS Section 346; CrPC Section 309; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
When victim herself has stepped into witness box, whether her examination can be done in piecemeal. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.309 - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 - s.346 - Examination of instant case, trial court recorded the statement of the victim and thereafter adjourned the matter for further examination by a period of four months - Whether such prevailing practice can be approved: Held: Section 309 of the Cr.P.C. (now Section 346 of the BNSS, 2023) contains a mandatory
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