Electronic Evidence: Failure To Produce Certificate U/s 65B Evidence Act Along With Chargesheet Not Fatal To Prosecution: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

13 May 2019 6:58 PM IST

"The need for production of such a certificate would arise when the electronic record is sought to be produced in evidence at the trial."

Failure to produce a certificate under Section 65B(4) of the Evidence Act at the stage when the charge-sheet was filed is not fatal to the prosecution, the Supreme Court has held in State of Karnataka vs. M. R. Hiremath. An official accused of corruption filed a petition before the Karnataka High Court challenging the Trial Court order refusing to discharge him in a criminal case....

Electronic Evidence: Failure To Produce Certificate U/s 65B Evidence Act Along With Chargesheet Not Fatal To Prosecution: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"The need for production of such a certificate would arise when the electronic record is sought to be produced in evidence at the trial."

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