P C Act

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 23 September 2010 This query is : Resolved
I was falsely implicated on the basis of a false complaint and was trapped by CBI under section 7 of PC act
They have produced some recorded conversation as evidence but the recording presented is the copied one as its ORIGINAL HAS ALREADY BEEN ERASED by them .
My question is whether the copied version of sound recoding can be accepted as evidence in the court when the prosecution has agreed that the original of the sound recording has been erased.
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Devajyoti Barman (Expert) 23 September 2010
The copied version s called secondary evidence and it is very much admissible in evidence in various circumstances including when the original ones s lost or destroyed. But , yes, the genuineness will definitely have to be established.