SUPREME COURT HELD THAT NO PERSON IS ENTITLED TO A COPY OF STATEMENT RECORDED UNDER SECTION 164 CRPC TILL THE APPROPRIATE COGNISANCE ORDERS ARE PASSED BY THE COURT AFTER THE CHARGE SHEET IS FILED.

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Miss ‘A’ vs. State Of Uttar Pradesh And Anr, (2020) 10 SC CK 0011

A Full Bench of the Supreme Court held that under no circumstances copies of statements recorded under Section 164 of the CRPC can be furnished till appropriate orders are passed by the Court after taking cognizance in the matter. The Court also held that merely because the charge-sheet was filed did not entitle the Accused to a copy of the statement under Section 164 of the CRPC. The Supreme Court also observed that the decision of the Division Bench of the High Court in Raju Janki Yadav vs. State of U.P. and others (2012) 05 AHC CK 0294 = Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No.3567 of 2012 decided on 08.05.2012 must be held to be subject to the directions issued by this Court in Shivanna (2014) 04 SC CK 0051 in which it was held that no person is entitled to a copy of statement recorded under Section 164 of the CRPC till the appropriate cognisance orders are passed by the court after the charge-sheet is filed. The right to receive a copy of such statement will arise only after cognizance is taken and at the stage contemplated by Sections 207 and 208 of the Code and not before.