MrDinoMorea (O) 03 March 2013

Police statement in 498a given 3 months later

3 months after 498a was filed, the police called us and they asked us to sign a couple of documents, believed to be our statements recorded before police. It was not in English, we couldn't read it, and they were not willing to read it for us, but rather kept insisting that we sign it, even threatening us if we don't. So we signed it. Can it be a problem? What if it was a confession statement or something? What do we now?

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ashoksrivastava (scientist) 03 March 2013

Hi this signed statement carries no value in court. If asked about it you can always say that you were forced to sign Iam quoting from crpc162 for your reference "162. Statements to police not to be signed: Use of statements in evidence. (1) No statement made by any person to a police officer in the course of' an investigation under this Chapter, shall, if reduced to writing, be signed by the person making it, nor shall any such statement or any record thereof, whether in a police diary or otherwise, or any part of such statement or record, be used for any purpose, save as hereinafter provided, at any inquiry or trial in respect of any offence under investigation at the time when such statement was made" regards

Never Give Up (Fighter) 03 March 2013

Police can not force you to sign document in police station. Even if its signed it has no face value.

Rajeev Kumar (Lawyer/Advocate) 03 March 2013

It has no legal value in the eye of law. You must refute in court that you haven't read the contents of the statement and neither it was orally told to you what they have recorded. Only by use of force through the police you have signed it.