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MR. SPEAKER: Shri Topdar, please listen.  You need not join issue.

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18.44 hrs                   CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) BILL , 2005 .. Contd.

 

MR. SPEAKER: Now, we go back to Item 30. Mr. Jindal, you will get another turn. Shri Mahtab to continue his speech.

SHRI B. MAHTAB (CUTTACK): On the amendment to the Indian Penal Code, especially on the provision regarding witness turning hostile, I had posed an important query.

18.45 hrs.                  (Shri Devendra Prasad Yadav in the Chair)             The trial cannot proceed without evidence, without investigation into the aspect of inducement, when it comes to the knowledge of the court. My specific question is what steps are there to have investigation and, in such a case, should it be completed within a specific time-frame? There are three other provisions, but I would like to know whether any provision for this purpose has been made in this Bill. To my comprehension, I do not find it because the idea is to minimise the court cases, when you are bringing in the third party into the purview. That is the main intention and that is a good intention. But here the law comes in between. My suggestion would be that some specific time-frame can be made so that we can quickly dispose of the issues, if it arises.