Diary of proceedings in investigation.

What this section does

Every police officer conducting an investigation must maintain a day-by-day diary recording the time information was received, times of commencement and closure of investigation, places visited, and circumstances ascertained; witness statements recorded under section 180 must be inserted in this diary. The diary must be a duly paginated volume. A Criminal Court may send for and use these diaries to aid inquiry or trial, but not as evidence; the accused has no right to call for or inspect them unless used by the police officer to refresh memory or by the Court to contradict the officer, in which case the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 apply.

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Procedure at a glance

Key actors

Police officer · Criminal Court · Accused

Time limit

None specified

Derived from CrPC s.172.