
E-witness room comes up at Coimbatore City Police Commissioner's office
An e-witness room equipped with facilities for police officers to appear and depose before courts virtually was opened at the office of the Coimbatore City Police Commissioner on Thursday. City Police Commissioner A. Saravana Sundar inaugurated the facility.
The studio-like soundproof-room is equipped with video conferencing equipment with recording and archiving facility and document visualiser for presenting exhibits and records before courts.
Section 254 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita states that the deposition of evidence of any public servant may be taken through audio-video electronic means.

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