Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 608 · Decided 11 September 2013
Shanmugam and ANR. v. State REP. BY Inspector of Police, T. Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 608 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 99
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1623/2009
- Decided
- 11 September 2013
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, VIKRAMAJIT SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
FIR - Delay in lodging - Effect - Held: Delay in lodging A B of FIR is not by itself fatal to the case of the prosecution nor can delay itself create any suspicion about the truthfulness C of the version given by the informant just as a prompt lodging of the report may be no guarantee about its - So long as there is cogent and acceptable explanation for the delay it loses its significance - Whether or not the explanation is acceptable will depend upon the facts D of each case - On facts, no reason to disbelieve the prosecution case only because the FIR was delayed by a few hours
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