Supreme Court denies Chinmayanand access to statement of rape victim

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied former BJP MP Swami Chinmayanand access to the statement of a complainant, who filed a rape case against him before a magistrate under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. A bench headed by Justice UU Lalit and comprising Justices Vineet Saran and RavindraBhat allowed the appeal filed by a law student, who is the complainant in the matter. The bench noted that as per the judgment of the top court in 2014, a copy of the statement under Section 164 CrPC should be given to the investigating officer immediately and the contents of the statement should not be disclosed to any person till charge-sheet/report under Section 173 CrPC. (IANS)

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