Landmark case · Moot Courts, Observation of Trial, Pre-trial Preparations and Internship · Semester 6

Zahira Habibullah Sheikh v. State of Gujarat

(2004) 4 SCC 158 · Supreme Court of India

A prosecution that withholds or tames witnesses at the pre-trial stage cannot produce a fair trial.

From topic

Pre-trial conferences, discovery and intern's brief — Unit IV, Moot Courts, Observation of Trial, Pre-trial Preparations and Internship.

Related sections:

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, O. 10–12 — Examination of parties, discovery and admissions in civil pre-trial
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, 230–232 — Supply of copies and arguments before charge (compare CrPC 207–209 / 227–228)
Constitution of India, 21 — Disclosure as part of a fair trial