contradictions on the ground that the contradictions can be characterised as unsigned statements. The appellate Court brushed aside these contradictions on the ground that they ... case diary statements on the ground that they are unsigned statements. This reasoning cannot be supported at all. Section 162(1) of the Code contains
time when such statement was made:
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13. Prohibition by. Section 162 ( 1) regarding the use of the statement is for any purpose ... Criminal Procedure , there are certain restrictions regarding the user of the unsigned statements given by witnesses during investigation. These restrictions, which are intended to protect
during investigation, the statements are recorded by the-investigating agency under Section 161 , Cr. P. C. and those statement shall not be signed ... Section 162 Cr. P. C. Therefore, the particular portions of those unsigned statements recorded by the Investigating Officer, when needed, can be used during
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
statement, which by its nature will not come
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under the purview of "evidence". A statement ... competent
authority empowered to take evidence, but will
remain an unsigned statement recorded by the
Investigating Officer during the course of
investigation and it cannot
sent for chemical analysis. Apart
from the fact that in the unsigned statement dated 28-4-2008 of Dr.
Umesh occurring at page ... Umesh. There is every reason to assume that the unsigned statement
dated 28-4-2008 of Dr. Umesh is a product of fertile imagination
that
negligence is on the side of the deceased. It is a statement
given by the cleaner of the vehicle to the police. At this ... counsel for the appellants submitted before us
that it is an unsigned statement under Section 161 of
Cr.P.C. which was not proved before
LETTER DATED 13-05-2015
Exhibit P5 TRUE COPY OF THE UNSIGNED STATEMENT DATED
20-01-2021 PURPORTED TO BE MADE BY THE
PETITIONER
Exhibit
substituted correcting
MACA Nos: 466/2011 & 1699/2011
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the unsigned statements, which were previously recorded.
5. The appellant/claimant, would allege that ... appellant/Insurance Company is that the
vehicle was substituted correcting the unsigned statements
of the persons who were questioned by the police.
9. The Investigating
knowledge with regard to some other factors. He also filed an
unsigned separate statement stating that he surrendered his life
before Christ and so many
