witnesses' cross-examination in this case, especially when they were confronted with their prior statements. The Trial Court did not follow the correct procedure while recording the contradictions. 6. Under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘CrPC’), the police have the power to record statements of the witnesses during the Criminal Appeal No. 1637 of 2021 Page 4 of 23investigation. Section 162 of CrPC deals with the use of such statements in evidence. Section 162 reads thus: “162. Statements to police not to be signed: Use of statements in evidence.—(1) No statement made by any person to a police officer in the course of an investigation under this Chapter, shall, if reduced to writing, be signed by the person making it; nor shall any such statement or any record thereof, whether in a police diary or otherwise, or any part of such statement or record, be used for any purpose, save as hereinafter provided, at any inquiry or trial in respect of any offence