https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309087 A Section 65B certificate is required only when electronic record evidence is tendered at trial, not as a condition precedent at the charge-sheet stage, so prosecution cannot be quashed for its absence at that stage. Use of a spy camera during a preliminary corruption inquiry before FIR registration was treated as permissible verification, distinct from formal investigation, and did not vitiate the case. At the discharge stage, the court must only see whether the material discloses the offence and cannot conduct a mini trial; on that standard, discharge was unwarranted and the criminal proceedings were allowed to continue. en-us Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 21:32:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309087 A Section 65B certificate is required only when electronic record evidence is tendered at trial, not as a condition precedent at the charge-sheet stage, so prosecution cannot be quashed for its absence at that stage. Use of a spy camera during a preliminary corruption inquiry before FIR registration was treated as permissible verification, distinct from formal investigation, and did not vitiate the case. At the discharge stage, the court must only see whether the material discloses the offence and cannot conduct a mini trial; on that standard, discharge was unwarranted and the criminal proceedings were allowed to continue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309087