Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Chapter XIII
119. Diary of proceedings in investigation
Feedback & supportEvery police officer making a police investigation under this Chapter shall day by day enter his proceedings in the investigation in a diary setting forth―
the time at which the order, if any, for investigation reached him;
the time at which he began and closed the investigation;
the place or places visited by him; and
a statement of the circumstances ascertained through his investigation.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Evidence Act 1950, an accused person shall not be entitled, either before or in the course of any inquiry or trial, to call for or inspect any such diary:
inquiry
“inquiry” includes every inquiry conducted under this Code before a Magistrate;
Provided that if the police officer who has made the investigation refers to the diary for the purposes of section 159 or 160 of that Act, such entries only as the officer has referred to shall be shown to the
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accused, and the Court shall at the request of the officer cause any other entries to be concealed from view or obliterated.
Court
“Court” means the High Court, a Sessions Court, or a Magistrate’s Court of any class, as the context may require;