The judicial records, police diaries, the statements made before the TV-Channels and the News-prints taken from the official website of Doordarshan support my analysis. A copy of the same is with Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee, too. As apprehended, one of those 9 persons--who were allegedly detained illegally, is now being made to make a statement upon oath before a Magistrate, WHEREAS the normal practice is that at the investigation-stage statements of the prosecution-witnesses are recorded by the police itself u/s 161 of the Cr.P.C. Moreover, u/s 162 the said statements are not even required to be signed by the said witnesses. Why is the said statement not being recorded by the Special Judge herself?