Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 100 · Decided 18 February 1998
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Nahar Singh (Dead) and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 100 · [1998] 1 S.C.R. 948
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 273/1988
- Decided
- 18 February 1998
- Bench
- G.T. NANAVATI, S.S.M. QUADRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC
Headnote
f Criminal Law : Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: c Section 154-FIR Delay in filing-Gruesome murder in a village- Assailants kept a watch on the road throughout the night and left the place at about 5.00 a.m.-F!Rfiled at 7.00 a.m.-Two hours time taken to reach police station-No crosss-examination of circumstances, delay satisfactori~v D explained. >-- ~ Section 154--FIR-Omissions in-Held: Non-mentioning of the details and meticulous particulars, no ground to reject the prosecution case. ~ Section 154-FIR-Consultation-Before filing-Two members of the E victim's family talked about
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