Recording of Statement -- Leading Questions to Witness -- Police barred from suggesting inculpatory material, must record version in own words of witness
(i) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.180 -- Recording of Statement -- Leading Questions to Witness -- Suggestion of inculpatory material by police to a witness while recording statement is impermissible. Version stated by witness in own language alone is to be recorded, with clarification sought only where necessary. (ii) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.483 -- Bail -- Delay in Lodging FIR -- Entitlement to bail arises where first information report is lodged months after receipt of viscera report and statements of witnesses disclose discrepancies without corroboration of allegations made.
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