Problematic Aspects of the Interrogation of Persons Conducting the Investigation

The relevance of the research is due to the existence of different approaches to the question of the possibility of conducting an interrogation of persons conducting an investigation and its subject. The criminal procedure legislation prohibits such interrogation, however, at the theoretical and practical levels there are supporters of a broader interpretation of the criminal procedure rules governing the institution of interrogation.
The purpose of the research is to form criteria that will help determine the possibility of conducting an interrogation of persons conducting an investigation without violating the requirements imposed by the criminal procedure law to evidence.
The objectives of the research: to determine the possible purpose of criminal procedural evidence; to consider the properties of evidence; to reveal the peculiarities of interrogation in criminal proceedings; to identify the reasons preventing the interrogation of persons conducting an investigation; to carry out a historical analysis of changes in legislation regarding the interrogation of persons conducting an investigation; to systematize various positions on the possibility and subject of the interrogation of the investigator.
Methodology. Methodological basis of research is a general scientific dialectical method as a method of scientific knowledge; statistical method; a systematic approach to the problem, historical method, formal-logical method, etc.
Results. In the course of the study, various approaches to the question of the possibility of conducting an interrogation of persons conducting an investigation were identified and systematized. The author formulated his own vision of the problem, and also described the existing legal restrictions during the interrogation of the investigator.
Conclusion. According to the current legislation, the interrogation of persons conducting the investigation is impossible. However, in some cases, their interrogation makes it possible to establish important details for the investigation, therefore, at the legislative level it is necessary to provide for such cases and regulate in detail the procedure of such interrogation. At the same time, the information provided by the person cannot fill in the substantive side of the evidence recognized as inadmissible.

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