Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 429 · Decided 27 September 2012
V.K. Sasikala v. State REP. BY Superintendent of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 429 · [2012] 10 S.C.R. 641
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1497/2012
- Decided
- 27 September 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313, 173(5); Constitution Article 21; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(1)(e)
Headnote
A B Criminal Jurisprudence - Criminal Trial - Right of the accused - To demand certified copies! inspection of unmarked and un-exhibited documents not relied upon by the C prosecution but in custody of the court - Held: One of the established facets of a just, fair and transparent investigation is to ask for all such documents that he may be entitled to, under the scheme contemplated by CrPC - Absence of any claim on the part of the accused to D the said documents at any earlier point of time cannot have the effect of foreclosing such a right of the accused - If in a given situation the
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