CN-0510Concepts · Criminal · Wanted
Statements to the Police
Scope
Statements recorded during investigation, the bar on their use at trial, and the single exception for contradicting the witness.
Authorities to start from
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, §§ 161, 162 (now Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, §§ 180, 181)
- Tahsildar Singh v. State of U.P., AIR 1959 SC 1012
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