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No. Puducherry Thursday 19th June 2025
(29 Jyaistha 1947)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
HOME DEPARTMENT
(G.O. Ms. No. 37, Puducherry, dated 16th June 2025)
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred under section 63 of the
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023). read with the
Notification in S.O. No. 2506 (E), dated 28-06-2024 of the Government of
India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, the Lieutenant-Governor,
Puducherry, hereby notifies the following Rules, namely:–
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1. Short title and commencement.— (i) These rules may be called
the eSakshya Management Rules, 2025.
(ii) They shall come into force on and from the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.— (1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise
requires,–
(a) "CCTNS" means, Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems, a system software used by the Police for the collection of data and execution of instructions;
(b) "CIS" means, Case Information System , a system software used by the District Judiciary and the High Court for the collection of data and execution of instructions;
(c) "eSign" means, authentication of any electronic record by a subscriber or Court, by means of the electronic technique specified in the Second Schedule of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act No. 21 of 2000) and includes the digital signature. Also, when a process or report generated in electronic form is authenticated by means of electronic signature, it shall be deemed to be authenticated by the signature of the person who affixed the electronic signature;
(d) "High Court" means, the High Court of Judicature at
Madras;
(e) "ICJS" shall mean, Inter-operable Criminal Justice System, a software presently in operation for transfer of information among various pillars of criminal justice system, which includes investigating agencies, Courts, correctional homes, forensic laboratories, prosecution; and any other stakeholder as notified by the Central Government;
(f) "Investigating Officer" means, any Police Officer or any other person authorized by a Competent Authority or empowered to undertake investigation for any offence.
(g) "Sakshya" means, any evidence collected/recorded as a document through eSakshya Mobile Application. Sakshya consists of video recording(s), photograph(s), photograph(s) of witness(s) 837
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and photograph of the investigating/recording Officer. All evidence
recorded through eSakshya Mobile Application shall generate a
secure packet of the event (hereinafter referred to as "eSakshya
Packet") with a unique ID called SID, a unique 16 digit ID (SID)
with opening, closing time stamp and geo-location. Each SID and
its contents shall have unique hash value to ensure integrity.
Sakshya shall be stored in immutable storage.
(h) "Sanhita" means the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023,
(Act No. 46 of 2023).
(2) Words and expressions used, but not defined in these Rules
shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, (Act No. 46 of 2023); the Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita, 2023, (Act No. 45 of 2023); the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023,
(Act No . 47 of 2023) and the Informatio n Technology Act, 2000,
(Act No. 21 of 2000).
3. Every Investigating Officer shall record all video and photo
evidence as required under sections 105, 173, 176, 180, 185 and 497 of
the Sanhita through the eSakshya Mobile Application.
4. Investigating Officer shall generate a Certificate under
section 63(4)(c) Part A of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
(Act No . 4 7 of 2023) through the eSa kshya Mo bile Appl icat ion.
All Certificates shall be eSigned.
5. Investigating Officer shall link SID with the concerned FIR
number/GD number generated through CCTNS.
6. The Sakshya uploaded to immutable storage shall be construed 7. The Courts can view and manage all Sakshya concerning to their
jurisdiction in the CIS application/Sakshya portal on ICJS.
8. The Court shall permit sharing of Sakshya with accused and 838 LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [PART–II
9. eSakshya packet shall be archived after completion of trial and
shall be moved to Archival mode.
10. Nothing in these Rules shall be deemed to limit the power of
the Courts to view the Sakshya by the Court.
11. These Rules shall be in addition to and not in derogation of
any other Law or Rules for time being in force for accepting and
managing the Sakshya by the Court in terms of the provisions of
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, (Act No. 47 of 2023).
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
DR. SHARAT CHAUHAN, Chief Secretary to Government.
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