Lawgist172Diary of proceedings in investigation
(1) Every police officer making an investigation under this Chapter shall day by day enter his proceedings in the investigation in a diary, setting forth the time at which the information reached him, the time at which he began and closed his investigation, the place or places visited by him, and a statement of the circumstances ascertained through his investigation.
1[(1A) The statements of witnesses recorded during the course of investigation under section 161 shall be inserted in the case diary.
(1B) The diary referred to in sub-section (1) shall be a volume and duly paginated.]
(2) Any Criminal Court may send for the police diaries of a case under inquiry or trial in such Court, and may use such diaries, not as evidence in the case, but to aid it in such inquiry or trial.
(3) Neither the accused nor his agents shall be entitled to call for such diaries, nor shall he or they be entitled to see them merely because they are referred to by the Court; but, if they are used by the police officer who made them to refresh his memory, or if the Court uses them for the purpose of contradicting such police officer, the provisions of section 161 or section 145, as the case may be, of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), shall apply.
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1. Ins. by Act 5 of 2009, s.15 (w.e.f. 31-12-2009)
- 154 Information in cognizable cases
- 155 Information as to non-cognizable cases and investigation of such cases
- 156 Police officer‘s power to investigate cognizable case
- 157 Procedure for investigation
- 158 Report how submitted
- 159 Power to hold investigation or preliminary inquiry
- 160 Police officer‘s power to require attendance of witnesses
- 161 Examination of witnesses by police
- 162 Statements to police not to be signed: Use of statements in evidence
- 163 No inducement to be offered
- 164 Recording of confessions and statements
- 164A Medical examination of the victim of rape
- 165 Search by police officer
- 166 When officer in charge of police station may require another to issue search-warrant
- 166A Letter of request to competent authority for investigation in a country or place outside India
- 166B Letter of request from a country or place outside India to a Court or an authority for investigation in India
- 167 Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours
- 168 Report of investigation by subordinate police officer
- 169 Release of accused when evidence deficient
- 170 Cases to be sent to Magistrate, when evidence is sufficient
- 171 Complainant and witnesses not to be required to accompany police officer and not to be subjected to restraint
- 172 Diary of proceedings in investigation
- 173 Report of police officer on completion of investigation
- 174 Police to enquire and report on suicide, etc
- 175 Power to summon persons
- 176 Inquiry by Magistrate into cause of death
