were there and they were playing a pocket tape recorder kept
on the table. Then those officials said to the Respondent that ... tape the conversation which
might take place in the room at the time of raid. It must be mentioned
that the tape recorder was played
case Hon'ble Supreme Court had described
a tape recorded evidence as "real evidence". It was stated
"When a Court permits ... recorded (over recording in order to delete
some portion that too incamera). The indicated
datetimes of over recordings
recorded (over recording in
order to delete some portion that too in camera).
The indicated date, time of over recordings ... have been recorded during 2.11.02
to 7.11.02. There are indications that these shots
are being over recorded on a previously used tape.
The subsequent shots
State of Punjab
AIR 1959 SC 484.
27. As regards the tape recording, Mr. Nigam submitted that since it was
not played in the Court ... seen from the tape recording memo Ex. PW-3/D was found blank when it
was played in the trial Court. The second device
aforesaid offences. He submits
that the complainant was given tape recorder by the
police before the registration of the crime and
this conduct ... tape recorder was given to the complainant who
recorded the conversation and ultimately, FIR was
registered. During the investigation, when the tape
recorder sent
Cbi vs Iqbal Singh & Anr. on 25 February, 2014
CBI vs Iqbal Singh &
Counsel for A1 argued as follows. The doctored,
tampered tape recorded conversations cannot be taken as corroborative
piece of evidence whereas admittedly incomplete transcription ... such
tape recorded conversation is of no help to prosecution. Cumulative
effect of entire prosecution evidence is that case against the accused
persons has been
that whole trap
process was fake, no laid procedure was followed, tape recorded
conversation is inadmissible as corroborative piece of evidence for lack
inclined to disbelieve the
specimen voice recording memo Ex. PW7/A and the
proceedings recorded therein because it did not have the
signatures ... accused Mukesh
Kumar had been taken as noted in the specimen voice
recording memo
support the contention that the video recordings are camera
originals, he had concluded that video recordings on the above
said video cassettes were original master ... witness had
observed that the recording were made therein on previously
recorded material on the said tape. The witness had, however,
clarified that those changes
