No right to record every interrogation: HC
Srinagar, Nov 13, Nov. 14 -- The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has upheld a trial court order rejecting an accused's plea for continuous audio-video recording of his custodial interrogation in an NDPS case, ruling that Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) does not provide an unconditional right to record every interrogation. However, the court clarified that police must comply with statutory requirements for audio-video recording of searches and seizures and the Supreme Court's directions on CCTV surveillance in police stations.Justice Sanjay Parihar dismissed a petition filed by Manzoor Ahmad Banday, observing that apprehensions of false implication or coercion, without supporting material, cannot by the...
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