Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 143 · Decided 26 February 2024
Shailesh Kumar v. State of U.P. (Now State of Uttarakhand)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 143 · [2024] 2 S.C.R. 776
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 684/2012
- Decided
- 26 February 2024
- Bench
- M.M. SUNDRESH, SARASA VENKATANARAYANA BHATTI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 145, 161, 172, 162, 172(3); Evidence Act Section 145, 161, 172, 172(3), 165
Headnote
What is the goal of investigation and what is the role of investigating officer; Are s.172 CrPC and ss. 145 & 161 of the Evidence Act to be read in consonance with each other; Can a General Diary entry precede the registration of FIR. Code of Goal of investigation and the role of investigating officer: Held: An investigation of a crime is a lawful search of men and materials relevant in reconstructing and recreating the circumstances of an offence said to have been committed - With the evidence in possession, an
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