Police Cannot Use WhatsApp As A Substitute To Serve Notice To Accused: Supreme Court
In the case of Satender Kumar Antil versus Central Bureau of Investigation and Another, the Supreme Court deliberated on critical compliance issues under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC, 1973) and the newly introduced Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS, 2023). The matter primarily focused on procedural irregularities in the release of undertrial prisoners and the mode of serving legal notices. Compliance and release of undertrial prisoners The court,…
