A statement of a witness recorded under Section 180 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in…
The statement is hit by "Section 181(1) of the BNSS" (formerly s. 162(1) CrPC), which provides that a statement made to a police officer during investigation, if reduced to…
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A statement of a witness recorded under Section 180 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in writing during investigation and signed by the person making the statement is hit by
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The statement is hit by "Section 181(1) of the BNSS" (formerly s. 162(1) CrPC), which provides that a statement made to a police officer during investigation, if reduced to writing, shall not be signed by the person making it. Such statements cannot be used for any purpose at any inquiry or trial in respect of the offence under investigation, save as the section itself permits.
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