The Bombay High Court (HC) said the “copy-paste” culture seen in confessional and witness statements in charge sheets is a “dangerous” trend.

According to news agency PTI, the issue resurfaced on Monday when the court acquitted all the 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, observing that “the confessional statements are found to be incomplete and not truthful as some parts are a copy paste of each other”.

In the past two months, the court has flagged such concerns in two separate matters, noting instances of “copy paste witness statements” and directing the Maharashtra government to address what it called a growing “menace” by issuing appropriate guidelines, reported PTI.