Charge Sheet Not Public Document | Evidence Act

Saurav Das vs Union of India | Section 173, 200, 207 CrPC | Charge Sheet Not Public Document | Evidence Act | WP(C) 1126 of 2022 | 20 Jan 2023 | | Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar | 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 52 - The Investigating Agency is required to furnish the copies of the report along with the relevant documents to be relied upon by the prosecution to the accused and to none others | If the relief as prayed in the present petition is allowed and all the chargesheets and relevant documents produced along with the chargesheets are put on the public domain or on the websites of the State Governments it will be contrary to the Scheme of the Criminal Procedure Code and it may as such violate the rights of the accused as well as the victim and/or even the investigating agency - Copies of Chargesheet/documents along with the charge sheet cannot be said to be public documents under Section 74 of the Evidence Act - Copies of the chargesheet and the relevant documents along with the charge-sheet do not fall within Section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act.