Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1260 · Decided 31 October 1996
Binay Kumar Singh v. The State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1260 · [1996] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 225
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 277/1987
- Decided
- 31 October 1996
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149; CrPC Section 154; Evidence Act Section 1I; Constitution
Headnote
B Criminal law : Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.· Section 154. FIR-Requirements of-Held: Nebulous or cryptic information fi'om C somebody who did not disclose any authentic knowledge about commission of cognisable offence would not be sufficient to register FIR. Evidence Act: 1872: any staten1ent lvhich ivas inconsistent with any part of his statement in court he could be contradicted by calling his attention to those parts of statement which were to be used for contracdicting him-·.ft was not enough if questions in cross-examination were asked with reference D to
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