Investigation Officer Can't Prove Contents Of FIR In Case Of Death Of Informant Unless His Death Has A Nexus With The FIR Lodged: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court, in Bhavanbhai Premjibhai Vaghela vs State of Gujarat, has held that an investigating officer cannot depose the contents of the FIR in the absence of the informant, who died a natural death, or whose death has no nexus with the complaint lodged.In the instant case, the informant, during the pendency of the trial, died a natural death. The Investigation Officer, during...