State vs Jagdish on 30 August, 2024
23 Be that as it may, the Prosecution has failed to prove that
any serious effort was made by recovery witnesses who
were police officials to join public witnesses in the
proceedings. From a perusal of the record, no serious effort
for joining public witnesses appears to have been made.
Section 100 (4) of the Cr.PC also casts a statutory duty on
an official conducting search to join two respectable
persons of the society. Further, there is nothing on record
to show that recovery witnesses / police officials had
served any notice under Section 160 Cr.PC upon the
UMESH Digitally signed by
UMESH KUMAR
KUMAR Date: 2024.08.30
17:01:02 +0530
FIR No. 144/2018 State Vs. Jagdish 12 of 21
PS Lodhi Colony
persons who refused to join the investigation Same has not
been done in the present case. Joining of independent
witnesses would have given credibility to the recovery
proceeding. Therefore, non-joining of independent witness
casts a doubt on the fairness of the investigation.