New Delhi, Jul 28: The case diaries of CBI cannot be accessed under the Right to Information Act as disclosure of the information may adversely affect the prosecution process, the Central Information Commission has held.
The case relates to an RTI application filed by Vinod Kumar who sought from the Central Bureau of Investigation the Final reports (FRs) prepared by the prosecution during the investigation of a case.
The agency said investigating officers make the gist of day to day probe in the case diaries. The summary of these case diaries are presented to higher officials in the form of Final Reports.
FR-I is the report submitted by the investigating officer after collection of evidences. Similarly FR-II is the comments of the law officer on FR-I. The various facts written in FR-I are invariably repeated in one form or the other in FR-II.