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Bilaspur, the2lst December 2021
MEMO
No. 12961lRulesl202l._ With reference to the subject cited above, it is to inform you that High Court of
Chhattisgarh has been pleased to recommend the following amendments in the Rules & Order (Criminal) :-
AMENDMENTS
1.
In the Rule 72Q), alter thewords and parenthesis "witness in order to contradict him" and before the word
"and" the following shall be inserted :-
"where the relevant portion is not extracted, the portions only shall be distinctly marked as prosecution
or defence exhibit as the case may be, so that other inadmissible portions of the evidence are not part
of the record. In cases where the relevant portion is not extracted, the admissible portion shall be
distinctly marked as prosecution or defence exhibit as the case may be."
2,
After the RuleT2Q),the following shall be added :-
*(3)
The aforesaid rule applicable to recording of the statements under section 16l shall mutatis
mutandis apply to statements recorded under section 164 of the Cr.P.C., wherever such
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portions of prior statements of living persons are used for contradiction/corroboration.
(4)
Omnibus marking of the entire statement under section l6l and 164 Cr.P.C. shall not be done."
3.
After Rule 1170 the following shall be inserted :-
"Rule I I 7A :- SUPPLY OF DOCUMENTS UNDER SECTIONS 1 73, 207 AND 208 CR.PC :-
EveryAccused shall be supplied with statements of witness recorded under Section 161 and 164 CI.PC
andwith list ofdocuments,materialobjects and exhibits alongwithcopiesofall Panchnamas prepared
during investigation and relied upon by the Investigating Offrcer (I.O.) in accgrdance with Section 207
and208, Cr.PC.
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Explanation: The list of statements, documents, material objects and exhibits shall
specify statements, documents, material objects and exhibits that are not relied
upon by the Investigating Officer."
4. In the Rule 180, after the words and parenthesis "Magistrate with his own hand and
in his mother tongue," and before the word "unless" the following shall be inserted :-
"in typed format, or shall be prepared on computers, in the court on the dictation of
the Presiding Officer,"
5. After Rule 182, the following shall be inserted :-
"Rule L82A: Prosecution witnesses shall be numbered as pw-1, pw-2 etc, in
seriatim. Similarly, defence witnesses shall be numbered as DW-1, DW-2, in
seriatim. The Court witrtesses shall be numbered as CW-1, CW-2, in seriatim,
6. In the RuIe 458, after the words and parenthesis "Exhibit D-z;' the following shall
be inserted :-
"the courr exhibit shall be marked as Exhibit c-r-, Exhibit c-2,,,
7. In the Rule 253, after the words and parenthesis "charged and convicted.,,, the
following shall be added :-
"In case of acquittal and if the accused is in confinement, a direction shajl be given
to set the accused at tiberty, unless such accused is in custody in any other case.',
8. After Rule 375, the following shall be inserted :-
"Rule 375A :- The application for bail in non-bailable cases must ordinarily be
disposed off within a period of 3 to 7 days from the date of first hearing. If the
application is not disposed off within such period, the presiding Officer shall
furnish reasons thereof in the order itself. Copies of the reply to the bail application
or status report (by the police or proseeution) if any, shall be fumished to the
accused before hearing on the bail application."
9. After Rule 23g, the following shall be inserted :-
"Rule 239A :- Every iudgmenr shall contain the following : _
i. Start with a preface showing the names of parties as per FORM D to the Rules.
ii. A tabular statement as per FORM-E to the Rules.
iii' The Judgement in original decision shall, apart from the particulars prescribed b
Section 354 of the code also contain an index in tabular Form as per FORM-F to the
Rules.
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10. After FORM-C the fotlowing shall be added :-
FORM. D
FORM. E
Accused Details:
IN THE COURT OF..............
Presiding Officer.......
Judge
[Date of the judgement]
lCase No. ......................1
(Details of FIR/Crime and Police Station)
Complainant
sTArE OF...................
OR
NAME OF THE COMPLAINANT
REPRESENTED BY
NAME OF THE ADVOCATE
ACCUSED
1. NAME WrTH ALL PARTTCULARS(AI)
2. NAME WrrH ALL PARTTCULARS(A2)
REPRESENTED BY
NAME OF THE ADVOCATES
Date of offence
Date of FIR
Date of Charge sheet
Date of framing of charges
Date of commencement of Evidence
Date on which judgement is reserved
Date of the judgement
Date of the Sentencing Order, if any
Rank of
the
Accused
Name of
the
accused
Date of
arrest
Date of
release on
bail
Offence
charged
with
Whether
acquitted or
convicted
Sentence
imposed
Period of
detention
undergone
during trial
for purpose
of section 428
Cr.P.C.
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S"No.
Description
Page No.
L
Heading of Judgment
2
Appearance of Advocates
3
Charge
4
Admitted Facts
5
Prosecution Story
6
7
I
Reasons and findings
I
Sentence
10
Period of Detention & SecOff
11
Disposal of Property
L2
Order of Compensation
13
Certificate under section 428 CIPC
1,4
Warrant of Commitnent on a sentence
(Imprisonment or Fine)
15
Copy of Judgment
It is,'therefore, requested to get the above amendments notified in the Official Gazette of
Government of Chhattisgarh after due and appropriate approval. A copy of the Gazette be made
available to this Registry.
sd/-
(SanjayKumarJaiswal)
Regisn:ar General.
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