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Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan

ASSESSING THE ROLE OF TRIAL COURT JUDGES TO DEAL WITH HOSTILE WITNESSES IN THE LIGHT OF DIRECTIVES OF THE APEX COURT IN INDIA: EXPECTATION AND REALITY

Abstract In an adversarial system of criminal justice, like in India, the witness has a pivotal role in bringing the offender to justice. Of late, key witnesses in heinous crimes and high-profile cases are retracting from their statements recorded by police in course of the investigation and turning hostile thereby adversely affecting the judicial process. […]

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