officer and he shall be given an opportunity to take notes. Unsigned statements shall be brought on record only through recording the statements ... manner as prescribed in Rule 16 (iii). Accordingly, only unsigned statements made during the preliminary inquiry can be brought on record in a regular inquiry
dated 19.04.2004
recorded under section 161 Cr.P.C. This is unsigned statement of the
complainant and can not be relied upon to convict
stated by this witness.
30. He submitted that as far as the statement of the other Protected
Witness AW-81, Aslam Wani, and the allegation ... learned Senior Counsel submitted that it is an unsigned statement
attributed to Ghulam Mohammad Bhatt, an accountant of co-accused
Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali
such statement or
any record of such a statement, whether in a police diary or
otherwise or any part of such statement or record shall ... Section 145 of the Evidence Act. The particular portion
of the unsigned statements recorded by the Investigating
Officer can be used during the course
such statement or
any record of such a statement, whether in a police diary or
otherwise or any part of such statement or record shall ... Section 145 of the Evidence Act. The particular portion
of the unsigned statements recorded by the Investigating
Officer can be used during the course
statements which have
been recorded as far as the petitioner is concerned. In the
first statement dated May 17, 2022, which is an unsigned
statement ... beginning of this judgment in paragraph 5.
20. There is an unsigned statement dated May 17, 2022 of the
petitioner on record, where he admitted
statement before the investigating officer of
the CBI. The court observed that the Investigating Officer of the CBI, after
recording the petitioner's statement ... November, 2013 and
gave a signed letter and unsigned statement stating that this was in
compliance of the order dated 16th September, 2013. Copies
submitted that the signed statements for which assurances had been given to the witnesses are statements taken after investigation commenced ... fraud on the procedure to rely on subsequent unsigned statements as statements under S. 161(3) Cr.P.C. for the purpose
perusal of the said statement
reveals that it is an unsigned statement and that it is said to have been
made on 11.4.2012. Obviously this ... executed on 18.10.2012. Even if it is assumed
that the unsigned statement of the 1st petitioner was taken on
11.4.2013, still the 2nd respondent
Respondent-State contends that the
petitioner furnished a copy of an unsigned statement attributed to Sri
B.Vasudeva Reddy, purportedly recorded by the investigating officer
