Matter pertains to the tutoring of the material witnesses by the police and its effect on the prosecution case

Manikandan.v. State by the Inspector of Police(Criminal Appeal No. 1609 of 2011) 05 April 2024[Abhay S. Oka* and Pankaj Mithal, JJ.

This amounts to gross misuse of power by the Police machinery – This kind of interference by the Police with the judicial process is shocking – Director General of Police of the State to cause an enquiry to be made into the conduct of the police officials of tutoring the witnesses at the concerned Police Station – Appropriate action to be initiated against the erring officials in accordance with the law. [Paras 8, 10]