498a chargsheet report submitted without signatures

The signatures of witnesses are not mandatory in chargesheet. Yes witness may change their statement in court that is why parties need to cross examin them to get truth out of them

Statements recorded by police authorities are not required to be compulsory signed by witnesses.these statements are part of charge sheet and useful for prosecution to prove the offense.

Thanks adv Sachin and Adv Bhartesh for clarification.

Originally posted by : ys_peace
	Thanks adv Sachin and Adv Bhartesh for clarification.

 

Just to make it clear that I'm not an advocate.

Thanks for the meaningful replies.

I have one more connecting question related with 498A -Evidence stage:

1.What sequence is mandatory or compulsary for the evidence stage:

a.Informant statement in court then her cross

b.PW2 will give statement then PW2's cross by defence councel,

PW3 will give statement then PW3's cross by defence councel,

& so on...  

OR

a. Informant (PW1) ,Pw2,Pw3,...etc will record their statement in court and then

b.PW1,PW2,PW3,...,cross will happen one by one, respectively?

2. Also, If Defence lawyer needs some more time to gather proofs and then take cross, then can he(lawyer) ask for next date for cross of informant?

Thanks in advance.

Court will follow its procedure of Examination in chief of PW1 and then its cross examination, yes you can request judge to defer the cross examination So first you can do preparations for cross examination.

 

Practically, judges due to over work load themselfs defer cross examination. Thats why criminal cases take long time to decide.