Case Diary
2,091,488, This is the actual strength of the Indian Police according to the latest report by NCRB i.e. the National Crime Records Bureau, In a country of 138 crore population has anyone ever wondered how the police is doing its job? 152 per 100k people this is the rate for police and population ratio. So keeping track of per day cases which are filed by police stations becomes very difficult that reports also many a times does not show clear data on per day cases. For helping police officers to remember the exact date, location, time, or any other specific detail relating to a police investigation concept of Case Diary was brought it is mandatory for all police officers to maintain a case dairy while they are investigating a case they write every important detail related with the case.
Case Diary
- 1. CASE DIARY
- 2. CASE DIARY Section 172 Code of Criminal Procedure
- 3. Is it binding in The Court of Law? NO they are not binding on the court
- 4. Is the accused entitled to see this case diary? NO, he is not according to section 172 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Provisions of section 145 or 161 of Indian Evidence Act,1872 may apply if Police Officer uses the case diary to refresh the memory of the accused.
- 5. What if the Police Officer does false entries? For dealing with false entries Section 177 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is present.
- 6. Reason of Inadmissibility in Court Case Diary is indeed an Official Document but there is no surety of its contents being true as tampering with Case Diary is possible and false entries are also a reason for making Case Diary, not substantial evidence.
- 7. Guidelines for using Police Diary 1) Court can use the case diary for getting further evidence that might have been missed or to know about any witnesses which might have been missed. 2) Court can use the Case Diary to know more about people involved who might have been missed by the court but can lead to evidence. 3) High Court can go through the police diary to quash the lower court proceedings under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure if an application is filed for it in case of the correctness of the affidavit is at stake or if the correctness of the whole case is at stake.
- 8. Conclusion It is clear that Case Diary play an important role first in the investigation by brushing up the facts for the investigating officer than in the court by becoming that link that can lead to answers to the crime. Case Diary has many a time been the turning point that leads the case to a whole new different aspect. So understanding the importance of this becomes the most important thing for all the police officers so that proper maintenance and due care can be put towards the diary so that whenever needed the diary can be of great use.