Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 549 · Decided 18 May 2018
State BY Lokayuktha Police v. H. Srinivas
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 549 · [2018] 4 S.C.R. 547
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 775/2018
- Decided
- 18 May 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC
Headnote
Investigation: General Diary Entry - Concerning preliminary enquiry - Failure - Effect of - Held: Failure to make entry in General Diary Concerning preliminary enquiry would not be per se illegal - There is difference between irregularity and illegality - officer, which may not itself have any bearing on the criminal trial unless some grave prejudice going to the root of the matter is shown to exist, at the time of trial - CrPC also does not bar any investigation where General Diary entry is not made - Code of Criminal Procedure,
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