https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=398300 A criminal investigation is not automatically vitiated merely because the informant or complainant and the investigating officer are the same person. The Court held that the CrPC and the NDPS Act contain no express bar against that identity, and unfairness cannot be presumed from that fact alone. The issue must be decided on the facts of each case, with proof of real bias, prejudice, likelihood of bias, or failure of justice before the investigation is treated as invalid. The broad rule of automatic vitiation was rejected to that extent. en-us Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:52:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=398300 A criminal investigation is not automatically vitiated merely because the informant or complainant and the investigating officer are the same person. The Court held that the CrPC and the NDPS Act contain no express bar against that identity, and unfairness cannot be presumed from that fact alone. The issue must be decided on the facts of each case, with proof of real bias, prejudice, likelihood of bias, or failure of justice before the investigation is treated as invalid. The broad rule of automatic vitiation was rejected to that extent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=398300