Constitution of India, 1950
Article 32—Writ—Prayer for putting charge-sheets/challans on the public domain/websites of the State Governments—Relief sought in the present writ petition directing that all the challans/charge-sheets filed under Section 173 of CrPC shall be put on public domain/websites of the State Government is misconceived and misplaced—As the same shall be contrary to the Scheme of the Criminal Procedure Code—Investigating agency is required to furnish the copies of the report along with relevant documents to be relied upon by the prosecution to the accused and none others—Putting the FIR on the websites cannot be equated with putting the charge-sheets along-with the relevant documents on the public domain and on the websites of the State Governments—Prayer rejected.
[Para 4]
Article 32—Writ—Prayer for putting charge-sheets/challans on the public domain/websites of the State Governments—Reliance placed on Sections 74 & 76 of the Evidence Act are absolutely misconceived and misplaced—Charge-sheet/documents along with charge-sheet cannot be said to be public documents under Section 74 of the Evidence Act—Prayer rejected.
[Para 5]
Article 32—Writ—Prayer for putting charge-sheets/challans on the public domain/websites of the State Governments—Reliance placed on Section 4 of the Right to Information Act is misconceived and misplaced—Copies of the charge-sheet and relevant documents along with the charge-sheet do not fall within Section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act—Prayer rejected.
[Para 6]