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12. As per investigation carried out, on the basis of information and documents provided by accused P. Sasi a proposal and catalogue for supply of HHTI/Binoculars was prepared in the name of fictitious firm i.e. M/s Westend International and it was submitted with Ministry of Defence.
13. During investigation, the specimens of voice samples and images of accused P. Sasi were obtained with the assistance of officers of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, New Delhi. The said specimens alongwith the 12 original/unedited tapes and VHS copies thereof were sent to Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Lab, Hyderabad for comparison and expert opinion. The APFSL confirmed that the tapes bearing no. 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 22, 23, 35, 37, 40 & 53 had not been subjected to tampering and the contents of aforesaid tapes represented true depiction of incidents.
14. The report of APFSL also confirmed the voice of accused P. Sasi in tapes bearing no.s 1, 3, 5, 10 & 12 as well as his images in tapes no. 1, 3, 5, 10, 11, 22, 23, 25, 37 & 53. It is further alleged that the images as well as voice of P. Sasi in CBI Vs. P. Sasi Page no. 7 of 78 working copies of the questioned video tapes were also confirmed by independent witnesses.
15. Sh. Jatinder Pal Singh, the then Joint Secretary (Training) and Chief Administrative Officer, being the authority competent to remove accused P. Sasi from the service, accorded sanction to prosecute accused P. Sasi by passing sanction order dated 05.12.2006.
He further deposed that vide letter bearing no.1382/3/AC-1 2004/A-006 dated 20.06.2005 Ex.PW17/A (D-
23) relevant tapes alongwith specimen voices and images of accused P. Sasi as well as voice and image of Sh. Mathew Samuel were sent for examination/comparison to APFSL for getting expert opinion. He also collected report/opinion dated 19.08.2005 Ex.PW17/Z-29 of Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratories and also collected report/ opinion no. ENG/9/2005 dated 18.07.2006 Ex. PW17/Z-27/A of APFSL, Hyderabad. He also collected copy of affidavit dated 19.08.2002 of Aniruddha Bahal Ex. PW11/A with list of payment made by Tehalaka.com to various persons during operation "Westend".
73. The perusal of aforementioned testimonies of all the aforesaid witnesses as well as that of PW-18 Mathew Samuel categorically shows that the video and voice samples of P. Sasi and Mathew Samuel were taken in the office of CFSL, Delhi after obtaining consent of accused P. Sasi vis-a-vis himself.
74. The prosecution has proved the above-stated reports of forensic examination conducted at APFSL as Ex. PW27/Z-28, Ex. PW27/Z-27A and PW27/Z-29 by examining PW-17 D. Venkateswarlu, Assistant Director, Computer Forensics & Incharge Engineering Section, APFSL. This witness deposed that he had received 10 original Hi8 tapes alongwith 10 VHS cassettes copies and specimen audio cassettes and video recordings of the suspect i.e. P. Sasi alongwith transcriptions thereof. He identified each of the said cassettes i.e. Tehelka no. 1 Ex. PW17/F; Tehelka no. 3 Ex. PW17/H; Tehelka no. 5 Ex. PW17/J; Tehelka no. 10 Ex. PW17/L; Tehelka no. 11 Ex. PW17/N; Tehelka no. 22 Ex. PW17/R; Tehelka no. 23 Ex. PW17/T; Tehelka no. 35 Ex. PW-17/V ; Tehelka no. 37 Ex. PW17/X; Tehelka no. 53 Ex. PW17/Z; Tehelka no. 2 Ex. PW17/Z-23; & Tehelka no. 40 Ex. PW17/Z-27. The witness also identified the Panasonic VHS tapes and Audio tapes as well as the briefcase camera device Ex. P1.