The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Shamsher Singh Verma Versus State
of Haryana decided matter in
respect of Compact Disc (C.D) which is recording of a conversation as a
document in evidence Act.
In the Criminal Appeal by Shamsher Singh
Verma filed before the Supreme Court against the order of High Court of Punjab
and Haryana at Chandigarh, whereby the said Court had affirmed the order passed
by the Special Judge, Kaithal, rejecting the application of accused for getting
exhibited the C.D. filed in defence by the accused.
The C.D. consists of recording of the
conversation between the father of victim, son and wife of the accused.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court held that the
C.D. is also a document under the evidence Act. The C.D. can be played to
enable the public prosecutor to admit or deny the document and to get it
verified by the forensic science laboratory
