India, Oct. 30 -- The Delhi High Court (HC) has allowed the recording of evidence of a US-based prosecution witness through video conferencing in a 2012 case related to the Official Secrets Act that allegedly involves arms dealer Abhishek Verma and his Romanian wife, Anca Maria Neacsu.
The High Court said the trial court should record the evidence of C Edmond Allen through video conferencing from the Indian Consulate, New York, in accordance with the Delhi High Court Video Conferencing Rules, 2020, along with several additional safeguards necessitated by the sensitivity of OSA-protected material.
The HC allowed a petition by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against a trial court's order which had dismissed the agency's applicatio...