Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 342 · Decided 6 August 2001
Anil Rai v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 342 · [2001] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 298
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 389/1998
- Decided
- 6 August 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149; CrPC Section 353, 157; Evidence Act; Constitution Article 21, 141, 142; Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
Constitution of India-Articles 21, 141 and 142-Delay in pronouncement of Judgments by High Court-Practice deprecated-Guidelines/or expeditious C pronouncement of Judgments laid down-Criminal Procedure Code, 1973- S.353 (/). Criminal Procedure Code-S.157- FIR-Promptly recorded and investigation of FIR-Not every delay but only extraordinary and unexplained delay-Delay immaterial if prosecution gives cogent and reasonable explanation for such delay. E F Evidence Act 1872 : Witnesses-Testimony of-Name of PWs not mentioned in the FIR­ Reliability of-Held, the purpose of FIR is
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