CERTIFICATE U/S 65B NOT REQUIRED TO PROVE FIR
Admissibility of the electronic records has been one of the controversial issues in every case where it is being relied upon by any of the parties. The reason is the ease with which such documents can be fabricated in electronic media raises the issues as to its admissibility, genuineness, veracity and reliability which have to be dealt by the court. Section 65B, Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was introduced in the year 2000 by way of amendment which requires a certificate reflecting compliance of the condition laid down in Section 65B(2) and the said certificate has to be issued by a competent person as referred in Section 65B(4) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The section 65B does not define the computer output and does not make any distinction between the documents which are fed by human or generated by software or where the computer has been used as a tool such as typewriter for converting the text from one form to another such as Letters, FIR etc.
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SHA-1 OFFICIAL DEAD: Authenticity Challenge in Electronic Evidence Cases
SHA-1 Official Dead: Authenticity Challenge in Electronic Evidence Cases
