JUSTICE AND SECURITY – WITNESS PROTECTION IN INDIA AND BEYOND

AUTHOR – SAURABH CHOPRA, STUDENT AT UNITED WORLD SCHOOL OF LAW

BEST CITATION – SAURABH CHOPRA, JUSTICE AND SECURITY – WITNESS PROTECTION IN INDIA AND BEYOND, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (6) OF 2025, PG. 87-97, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

The role of a witness protection in a fair and effective criminal justice system is vital as it ensures that people who come forward with testimony are able to do so without fear of being intimidated, damaged, or being retaliated against. Witness safety is an important issue in India where oral evidence matters much and conviction is secured with the help of evidence of oral evidence. Witnesses throw dagger at the ball in cases where crime, terrorism, political corruption and violent offences organised take place by virtue of threats, coercion or financial inducements thereby leading to wrongful acquittals and miscarriage of justice^[1].

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[1] Neetika Vishwanath, ‘Challenges in Implementation of Witness Protection Scheme, 2018’ (2020) 34 National Law School Journal 52.