Sir,what testimony he has given to the police before? If he is a material witness and a eye - witness of the incident , so if he denies before court and gives evidence in your favour , it no doubt puts case in your favour.. But not 100 percent as thier are other witnesses also.. As far the security of money and trust factor is concerned , it depends how much faith you have in your lawyer.. In such cases money is not given in advance , and is kept with someone who is trusted by both the parties.. Once he gives evidence in your favour, the money will be given to the witness..I suggest not to give in advance.. If you want to discuss in detail , u kindly urge you to contact me throug phone consultation
Regarding a road traffic accident case
Sir, I had a road traffic accident 3 yrs back in which my car accidently hit a 60 year old man at 6 morning. A tree was bent to the road and I couldn't see him. I took him to hospital in my car but he expired. Case was registered under 304A. The introgation of witness hasnt started in the court yet. My advocate suggests that i should give money to the witness to make them say in favour of me. should i be doing that? Wat will happen if i dont do that? anyway they are getting money from insurance. My advocate says that if i give money the witnesses will say i wasnt driving the car and they dont know who was driving. Wont the court want to know who was driving? Will there be further complications after that? if i give them the money wat if they take the money and say against me? They are asking for 2 lac Rs in advance. can they change their statement once its made? kindly advise.. waiting for valuable opinion
Asked 7 years ago in Criminal Law
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1) we cannot advice you to bribe the witnesses
2) as officers of court we cannot advice you to flout the law and seek to influence the witnesses
3) bribing the witnesses to give evidence in your favour is an offence
If the amount is too heavy and unreasonable then you may either deny or negotiate the same since the witness are eligible to claim insurance amount too.
If you find that your advocate is not doing anything in your interest then you may change the advocate and engage another advocate who will try to solve the things in a more proper manner.
