Criminal Law

Criminal law—Investigation—Even if the investigation is illegal or even suspicious the rest of the evidence must be scrutinized independently of the impact of it—Otherwise the criminal trial will plummet to the level of the investigating officers ruling the roost— Criminal justice should not be made a casualty for the wrongs committed by the investigating officers in the case—In other words, if the court is convinced that the testimony of a witness to the occurrence is true, the Court is free to act on it albeit the investigating officer’s suspicious role in the case—State of Karnataka Vs. K. Yarappa Reddy (1999) 8 SCC 715 relied.