Prosecution Failure

Prosecution Failure

The role of a public prosecutor and his duties of disclosure

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The role of a public prosecutor and his duties of disclosure

In a recent pronouncement in Siddharth Vashisht @ Manu Sharma V. State (NCT of Delhi) (supra) to which one of us (Sathasivam, J) was a party, the role of a public prosecutor and his duties of disclosure have received...

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Prosecution Failure

The role of a public prosecutor and his duties of disclosure

If the prosecution fails to satisfactorily explain the delay and there is a possibility of embellishment in the prosecution version on account of such delay, the delay would be fatal to the prosecution.