Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 240 · Decided 25 February 2022
Waheed-Ur-Rehman Parra v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 240 · [2022] 2 S.C.R. 102
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 237/2022
- Decided
- 25 February 2022
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 173(6), 207, 161, 44; UAPA Section 44, 17, 7, 25; Arms Act Section 7, 25
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.173(6), 207 and 161 - Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 - s.44 - Whether in the case of certain witnesses being declared as protected witnesses in the exercise of powers s.44 of UAPA by the trial court, can the defence seek recourse to the remedy u/ s.207 and s.161 CrPC for obtaining copies of redacted statements of these protected witnesses - Trial Court noted that the prosecution was duty bound to provide the copies of the statements of protected
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