How does CBI handle oral information and informants against corruption and serious crime?
A large part of crime unearthed by CBI of corruption and serious offences are based on oral information provided by individuals in confidence. CBI has a very well laid down policy of handling such information and informants, which is followed scrupulously. The informant is only handled by the officer to whom the information has been provided. Disclosure of the identity of the informant cannot be demanded even by the senior officers of the officer to whom the information has been provided. The identity of such informant is never put in writing in any record. It is not even disclosed to the courts. Courts also do not have powers to compel CBI to disclose the identity of the informant. No action is initiated by CBI on such information without subjecting them to discreet verification. While taking care that the secrecy of the information is not leaked, such information is put to detailed verification. It is only after ensuring that a prima facie criminal case is made out, a criminal case i
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