https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169379 An inquiry by a Railway Protection Force officer under section 8(1) of the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966 is not an investigation within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. The Act creates a self-contained inquiry scheme with powers to summon witnesses, require truth-telling, and treat the proceeding as a judicial proceeding for penal consequences, which is inconsistent with applying section 162 of the Code. Accordingly, section 162 does not govern statements recorded in such inquiry, and obtaining witnesses' signatures on those statements does not vitiate the trial. en-us Fri, 23 Aug 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:31:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169379 An inquiry by a Railway Protection Force officer under section 8(1) of the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966 is not an investigation within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. The Act creates a self-contained inquiry scheme with powers to summon witnesses, require truth-telling, and treat the proceeding as a judicial proceeding for penal consequences, which is inconsistent with applying section 162 of the Code. Accordingly, section 162 does not govern statements recorded in such inquiry, and obtaining witnesses' signatures on those statements does not vitiate the trial. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Aug 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169379