The Supreme Court of India, in a bench comprising Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran, has held that evidence recorded against a co-accused during a trial cannot be used against an absconding accused in a fresh trial under Section 299 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) unless the court formally
Prior Finding On Abscondence Mandatory To Rely On Prior Witness Testimony Under Section 299 CrPC: Supreme Court Acquits Murder Accused
