STATEMENT GIVEN TO THE PRESS (ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE)
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 21 March 2011
This query is : Resolved
A person who lodges a complaint to police or some investigating agencies. Thereafter the investigating agency catch hold of the named persons in the complaint. Thereafter the complainant goes to the press/media gives wide publicity in which he states a different story than what he mentioned in the complaint to the investigating agency. The statement which he givezs to the agency also differs from that of the complaint. So my basic q1uestion is WHETHER THE STATEMENTS GIVEN TO THE PRESS OR MEDIA AND INTERVIEWS GIVEN TO THE TELEVISION CHANNELS CAN BE USED AS AN EVUIDENCE ? IF SO, WHETHER ANY APEX COURT JUDGMENT AVBLE WITH THE EXPERTS.
SINE THE STATEMENT WHICH HE HAS GIVEN TO THE PRESS IS VOLUNTARY AND NOT UNDER ANY THREAT OR IOERCION OR PRESSURE. HENCE I WHANT TO TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN AN ACCUSED GIVES A STATEMENT TO THE MEDIA AS IN THE CASE OF PARLIAMANET ATTACK AND IN SOME OTHER ASE WHEREIN THE APEX COURT HAS UPHELD THAT IF THE ACCUSED STATEMENT TO THE PRESS IS MADE NOT UNDER AY INFLUENCE OF ANY POLICE OFFRICIALS THEN THE SAME IS ACCEPTAQBLE. IF THE SATEMENT OF ACCUSED IS ACCEPTYABLE AS EVIDENCE ATHEN THE STATEMENT OF THE COMPLAINANT MUST BE ADMISSIBLE IN THE COURT. IF ANY SIMILAR CASES CAN BE QUOTED I SHALLBE VERY GRATEFUL.
