Section 164 CrPC: Presence Of Advocate Not Mandatory When Confession Of Accused Before Magistrate Is Not Recorded By Audio-Video Means : SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that it is not mandatory that a confession or statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure should necessarily be made in the presence of the advocate(s) except when such confessional statement is recorded with audio-video electronic means. The bench was dealing with the submission of Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra, who appeared for the...