https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288467 Examination of an approver under Section 306(4) CrPC is a mandatory statutory step before committal and is distinct from the earlier questioning at the time of tendering pardon, which does not substitute for that examination. A Chief Judicial Magistrate who has recorded the approver's confession is not disqualified from conducting the Section 306(4) examination or committing the case, because recording confession is only a limited judicial act on voluntariness. The Magistrate need not make over the matter to another Magistrate, and the accused has no right to cross-examine the approver at the Section 306(4) stage. en-us Tue, 07 Apr 1987 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:15:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288467 Examination of an approver under Section 306(4) CrPC is a mandatory statutory step before committal and is distinct from the earlier questioning at the time of tendering pardon, which does not substitute for that examination. A Chief Judicial Magistrate who has recorded the approver's confession is not disqualified from conducting the Section 306(4) examination or committing the case, because recording confession is only a limited judicial act on voluntariness. The Magistrate need not make over the matter to another Magistrate, and the accused has no right to cross-examine the approver at the Section 306(4) stage. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 07 Apr 1987 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288467