Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 534 · Decided 30 October 2001
Thanedar Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 534 · [2001] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 579
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1123/2000
- Decided
- 30 October 2001
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, R.C. LAHOTI, P. VENKATARAMA REDDI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 148, 149; CrPC Section 154, 157, 378
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Sections 302 and 148: Murder-Accused acquitted by trial court-High Court convicted the accused-On appeal held, High Court erred in reversing the verdict as it failed to appreciate certain important factors like the credibility of eye"witness account and the correctness of FIR Procedure, 1973 : Sections 154 and 157-First Infom1.ation Report (FIR)-Correctness of time and date of recording-Delay in sending FIR to Magistrate-Prosecution failed to clear doubt-Held, defence version that FIR would have probably come much later is correct. Criminal trial : Ideni1ftcation of
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