Sec 161 of crpc

CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN FAVOUR OF DEFENSE IF THERE IS NO 161 STATEMENT. 161 STTAEMENT IS NOT ADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE AS SUCH. ONLY CAN BE USD FOR CONTRADICTIONS. sO THAT BBENEFIT THE DEFENSE WILL GET.

You ought to have objected to the examination of a witness in the court, who was not examined by the police at the stage of investigation s.161. I think there are case laws on the point, although I do not remember it at the moment.

Statements u/s 161 Cr.P.C. are not admissible in evidence it can be used for contradiction purposes. If some one's statement u/s 161 Cr.P.C. has not been recorded still prosecution can examine such witness with permission of the court.

                                 Vipin Sharma, Advocate

                                   337, Akron ka Rasta, Kishanpole Bazar, Jaipur-302001

                                                     Mob. 9610000043

Sir,

U have not stated that whether the witness is the victim or not . The prosecution can make any witness additionally, eventhough he was not cited a witness in the charge sheet. If the name of a witness in the charge sheet not examined by the I.O under 161 Cr.P.C u can take it as advantage. U better go through the part I C.D, it clearly reveals the investigation conducted by the I.O. Moreover 506IPC is a non-cognizable offence and Sec 155 Cr.P/C is a mandatory.

In this case , its not the victim sir, but he happens to be the brother of the said victim, they have also made a additional witness, who is not in the charge sheet, and then IO has not been examined either, and also only 2 independent witnesses, all others are related with each other, but don't know  y the lower court has convicted him in the case, we r only 6 months into profession and my buddy is going before the high court bench on next tuesday. so any related citations would be helpful,,,,,,thank u brothers for ur priceless advises

Harish - I like to help new comers.  Since you have mentioned you are one,  I have gone out of the way and searched one citation which may be helpful to you. Full judgement you will get from www.indiankanoon.org for free.

”Examination of witness whose statement has not been filed with charge sheet, permissible only when prosecution established that said witness was examined during the investigation and only due to inadvertence his statement could not could not be filed along with the charge sheet”

I hope the above will be useful to you.  If I get time I will search more for you.

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sir

the statement recorded from witness u/s 161 filed along with charge sheet in a delayed manner.what will be the impact!any APEX JUDGEMENT TO THIS EFFECT!

regds