JUDGMENT : ;kph vfHk;qDr us ;g ;kfpdk /kkjk 482 n.M izfØ;k lafgrk ds izko/kkuksa ds rgr izLrqr dj vkyksP; vkns'k fnukad 08-12-2017 dks pqukSrh nh gS tks fd fo}ku fof'k"B U;k;k/kh'k] MsthusVsM dksVZ] vtesj }kjk ls'ku izdj.k la[;k 59@2017 ¼jktLFkku jkT; cuke fnfXot; ukFk 'kekZ½ esa ikfjr dj jkT; dh vksj ls izLrqr vkosnu fnukad 21-07-2016 vUrxZr /kkjk 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e ckcr~ izek.k i= dks vfHkys[k ij fy;s tkus dks Lohdkj djrs gq, izek.k i= dks vfHkys[k ij ys fy;k gS] dks pqukSrh nh gSA izdj.k ds laf{kIr rF; bl izdkj gSa fd ;kph vfHk;qDr ds fo:) Hkz"Vkpkj fujks/kd C;wjks] ftyk pkSdh vtesj us vUrxZr /kkjk 7] 13¼1½¼Mh½ lifBr /kkjk 13¼2½ Hkz"Vkpkj fuokj.k vf/kfu;e esa fnukad 17-07-2014 dks fof'k"V U;k;k/kh'k] ls'ku U;k;ky;] Hkz"Vkpkj fuokj.k vf/kfu;e vtesj esa is'k fd;k x;k] ftls v/khuLFk U;k;ky; }kjk ls'ku izdj.k la[;k 20@2014 esa ntZ fd;k x;kA rRi'pkr ;g izdj.k lquokbZ gsrq bl U;k;ky; ds vkns'k ls vUrfjr gksdj U;k;ky; fof'k"B U;k;k/kh'k MsthusVsM dksVZ] vtesj dks izkIr gqvkA tgka ij vfHk;kstu i{k us /kkjk 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e ds rgr fnukad 21-07-2016 dks vkosnu is'k dj 65ch dk izek.k i= vfHkys[k ij fy;s tkus gsrq fuosnu fd;k] ftls vkyksP; vkns'k ds }kjk Lohdkj dj fy;kA ftlls O;fFkr gksdj ;kph vfHk;qDr us ;g ;kfpdk bl U;k;ky; ds le{k is'k dh gSA fo}ku vf/koDrk ;kph us fuosnu fd;k gS fd ?kVuk fnukad 06-06-2013 dh crk;h x;h gS rFkk rFkkdfFkr 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e dk izek.k i= fnukad 01-07-2016 dks rS;kj fd;k x;k gS tks fd pkyku is'k gksus ds ckn is'k fd;k x;k gS] ftls vfHkys[k ij ugha fy;k tk ldrkA mUgksaus fuosnu fd;k gS fd /kkjk 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e dk izek.k i= bZysDVªksfud lk{; ds rS;kj gksrs le; gh rS;kj gksuk pkfg,A ;fn mlds ckn rS;kj fd;k x;k gS rks mls vfHkys[k ij ugha fy;k tk ldrkA vr% mUgksaus ;kfpdk Lohdkj fd;s tkus dk fuosnu fd;kA mDr rdksaZ dk fojks/k djrs gq, fo}ku yksd vfHk;kstd us vkyksP; vkns'k dks lgh crkrs gq, fuosnu fd;k gS fd izdj.k vkjksi cgl dh LVst ij gS vkSj vkjksi i= is'k gksus ds ckn izek.k i= is'k dj fn;k gSA /kkjk 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e esa dgha ij Hkh dksbZ izko/kku ugha gS] ftlesa vafdr gks fd bZysDVªksfud lk{; gksrs gh izek.k i= rS;kj fd;k tkosA mUgksaus vkyksP; vkns'k dk leFkZu djrs gq, ;kfpdk vLohdkj fd;s tkus dk fuosnu fd;kA lquk x;k] mHk; i{k ds rdksaZ ij fopkj fd;k x;kA /kkjk 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e esa fuEu izko/kku fd;k gS& “Admissibility of electronic records.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any information contained in an electronic record which is printed on a paper, stored, recorded or copied in optical or magnetic media produced by a computer (hereinafter referred to as the computer (hereinafter referred to as the computer output) shall be deemed to be also a document, if the conditions mentioned in this section are satisfied in relation to the information and computer in question and shall be admissible in any proceedings, without further proof or production of the original, as evidence of any contents of the original or of any fact stated therein of which direct evidence would be admissible. (2) The conditions referred to in sub-section(1) in respect of a computer output shall be the following, namely:— (a) the computer output containing the information was produced by the computer was used, regularly to store or process information for the purposes of any activities regularly carried on over that period by the person having lawful control over the use of the computer; (b) during the said period, information of the kind contained in the electronic record or of the kind from which the information so contained is derived was regularly fed into the computer in the ordinary course of the said activities; (c) throughout the material part of the said period, the computer was operating properly or, if not, then in respect of any period in which it was not operating properly or was out of operation during that part of the period, was not such as to affect the electronic record or the accuracy of its contents; and (d) the information contained in the electronic record reproduces or is derived from such information fed into the computer in the ordinary course of the said activities. (3) Where over any period, the function of storing or processing information for the purposes of any activities regularly carried on over that period as mentioned in clause (a) of sub-section (2) was regularly performed by computers, whether— (a) by a combination of computers operating over that period; or (b) by different computers operating in succession over that period; or (c) by different combinations of computers operating in succession over that period; or (d) in any other manner involving the successive operation over that period, in whatever order, of one or more computers and one or more combinations of computers, all the computers used for that purpose during that period shall be treated for the purposes of this section as constituting a single computer; and references in this section to a computer shall be construed accordingly. (4). (4). In any proceedings where it is desired to give a statement in evidence by virtue of this section, a certificate doing any of the following things, that is to say, (a) identifying the electronic record containing the statement and describing the manner in which it was produced; (b) giving such particulars of any device involved in the production of that electronic record as may be appropriate for the purpose of showing that the electronic record was produced by a computer; (c) dealing with any of the matters to which the conditions mentioned in sub-section (2) relate, and purporting to be signed by a person occupying a responsible official position in relation to the operation of the relevant device or the management of the relevant activities (whichever is appropriate) shall be evidence of any matter stated in the certificate; and for the purposes of this sub-section it shall be sufficient for a matter to be stated to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person stating it. (5) For the purposes of this section— (a) information shall be taken to be supplied to a computer if it is supplied thereto in any appropriate form and whether it is so supplied directly or (with or without human intervention) by means of any appropriate equipment; (b) whether in the course of activities carried on by any official information is supplied with a view to its being stored or processed for the purposes of those activities by a computer operated otherwise than in the course of those activities, that information, if duly supplied to that computer, shall be taken to be supplied to it in the course of those activities; (c) a computer output shall be taken to have been produced by a computer whether it was produced by it directly or (with or without human intervention) by means of any appropriate equipment. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section any reference to information being derived from other information shall be a reference to its being derived therefrom by calculation, comparison or any other process. ;kph dh vksj ls izLrqr U;kf;d n`"Vkar vuoj ih-oh-¼,l½ cuke ihds- c'khj o vU; flfoy vihy uEcj 4226@2012 esa ekuuh; loksZPp U;k;ky; us vfHkfu/kkZfjr fd;k gS fd& “Thus, in the case of CD, VCD, chip etc. ;kph dh vksj ls izLrqr U;kf;d n`"Vkar vuoj ih-oh-¼,l½ cuke ihds- c'khj o vU; flfoy vihy uEcj 4226@2012 esa ekuuh; loksZPp U;k;ky; us vfHkfu/kkZfjr fd;k gS fd& “Thus, in the case of CD, VCD, chip etc. the same shall be accompanied by the certificate in terms of Section 65B obtained at the time of taking the document, without which, the secondary evidence pertaining to that electronic record, is inadmissible” blh izdkj vadqj pkoyk cuke lsUVªy C;wjks vkWQ baosLVhxs'ku fdzfeuy fel- dsl 2455@2012] fdzfeuy fel0 vihy ua- 8308 ,oa 8318@2014 ,oa fdzfeuy fjohtu fiVh'ku la[;k 385@2012 tks fd fnYyh mPp U;k;ky; dh ,dyihB }kjk fnukad 20-11-2014 dks fu.khZr fd;k x;k gS] esa vfHkfu/kkZfjr fd;k gS fd& “In the instant case, the impugned order is silent about there being any certificate under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 in respect of the audio and video CDs and even during the course of hearing, it was asserted on behalf of respondent-CBI that aforesaid mandatory certificate of 18th December, 2009 is there, but respondent-CBI has failed to show that such a certificate has been filed along with the charge-sheet. Attention of this Court was not drawn to statement of any witness to show that inference of criminal conspiracy can be drawn against petitioners. Pertinently, although this Court is not required to look into photocopy of certificate under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 furnished in respect of fifteen CDs in packet ‘A’ but there is no such certificate in respect of the seven CDs in packet ‘B’ which is solely relied upon by the prosecution. Thus, aforesaid certificate (which is not on record) is of no avail. So, there is no point in now permitting the prosecution to place the original of such certificate on record. It was also not shown during the course of the hearing that when the Crl. A. No. 159/2005 CDs were prepared but since this case was registered on 23rd November, 2009 therefore these CDs must have been prepared soon thereafter and the certificate under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 has to be of the date when the CDs were prepared but the photocopy of the aforesaid certificate shows that it was prepared on 18th December, 2009 and is thus of no avail”. ftlesa dksbZ fookn ugha gSA ijUrq /kkjk 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e rFkk mDr U;kf;d n`"VkUrksa ds voyksdu ls Li"V gS fd bZysDVksjy lk{; dh xzkgrk ls iwoZ ;fn /kkjk 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e dk izek.k i= is'k dj fn;k tkrk gS rks ml izek.k i= ij fopkj ugha fd;k tk ldrk] ,slk bu nksuksa U;kf;d n`"VkUr rFkk /kkjk 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e esa dksbZ izko/kku ugha gSA gLrxr izdj.k esa Lohd`r :i ls vHkh vfHk;kstu lk{; 'kq: ugha gqbZ gS rFkk vfHk;kstu lk{; 'kq: gksus ls igys gh vfHk;kstu i{k us mDr lk{; dk izek.k i= is'k dj fn;k gSA bl rF; dks gh /;ku esa j[krs gq, fo}ku v/khuLFk U;k;ky; us vfHk;kstu i{k us /kkjk 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e dk vkosnu Lohdkj dj /kkjk 65ch Hkkjrh; lk{; vf/kfu;e ds izek.k i= dks vfHkys[k ij fy;k gS] ftlesa izLrqr rdksaZ ds vk/kkj ij gLr{ksi fd;s tkus dk dksbZ vk/kkj ugha ik;k tkrk gSA rnuqlkj bl ;kfpdk esa dksbZ lkj ugha ik;k tkrk gS vkSj ;g ;kfpdk lkjghu gksus ds vk/kkj ij vLohdkj dh tkrh gSA