D. P. MOHAPATRA, J.

( 1 ) THE informant in Sessions Trial No. 184 of 1989, which is pending in the Court of the Second Addi. Sessions Judge, Cuttack filed this revision petition assailing the order dated 5. 3. 1990 by which the trial Court rejected the prayer of the prosecution to playa video cassette in Court.

( 2 ) IN the aforementioned criminal case the opposite parties 1 to 5 are being tried for the charges under section 302, I. P. C. and certain other offences. A number of witnesses have been examined in the case including Jayagopal Parija (P. W. 22) who recorded the videocassette (M. O. IV) on the requisition of the Investigating Officer. As evident from his deposition he recorded the statements of the accused persons during certain post occurrence incidents at different places as required by the Investigating Officer. During the trial of the case prosecution wan led to cassette to be played in Court, probably with a view to record in evidence the statements allegedly made by the accused. The prayer was turned down by the learned trial Judge mainly on the ground that the statements said to have been recorded in the cassette are in the nature of confessional statements made