Right Of Accused To Fair Trial For Seeking Call Detail Record U/S 91 CrPC In Trap Case Outweighs Police Privacy Rights: Rajasthan High Court

In a significant ruling, the High Court of Rajasthan dealt with the preservation of mobile tower location data in an anti-corruption case involving the petitioner Narendra Kumar Soni. The case, S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No.4342/2024, arose from a challenge to an order passed by the Special Judge, Prevention of Corruption Act, Kota on 01.06.2024. The petitioner, in his plea, sought the preservation of mobile tower locations of two key witnesses…