Transcription is not mandatory to prove the admissibility of electronic evidence/ video
Shubham Budhiraja [1] Criminal Case registered against A & B under the NDPS Act. It is the Prosecution case that Ganja was found while raid at their houses where both A&B were found with packets of Ganja. This was video graphed as well. The CD was marked as exhibit with 65B Certificate and Videographer deposed as well. The Trial Court hold A&B as guilty whereas High Court set aside the judgment and directed for re-trial because both videos should have been played every-time when witnesses were examined to ask them about contents of it, which was not done. The Hon’ble Supreme Court held as under [2] : 1. The CD is an electronic record and once the requirement of Section 65B is fulfilled it becomes an admissible piece of evidence, like a document, and the video recorded therein is akin to contents of a document which can be seen and heard to enable the Court to draw appropriate inference(s). 2. ...