State vs . Mubarak Ali on 7 August, 2018
''18. It is repeatedly laid down by this Court that
in such cases it should be shown by the police
that sincere efforts have been made to join
independent witnesses. In the present case, it is
evident that no such sincere efforts have been
made, particularly when we find that shops were
open and one or two shopkeepers could have
been persuaded to join the raiding party to
witness the recovery being made from the
appellant. In case any of the shopkeepers had
declined to join the raiding party, the police could
have later on taken legal action against such
shopkeepers because they could not have
escaped the rigours of law while declining to
perform their legal duty to assist the police in
investigation as a citizen, which is an offence
under the IPC''.