Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 788 · Decided 6 November 2006
Venkategowda and ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 788 · [2006] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 373
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 851/2006
- Decided
- 6 November 2006
- Bench
- A.K. MATHUR, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 143, 148, 326, 149
Headnote
B Criminal Trial FIR-Delay in lodging FIR-Effect-Held, delay in lodging FIR not fatal in every case of ocular version of eye witnessES is reliable and C trustworthy-Prosecution explaining reason for delay and testimony of injured witnesses found credible-In the facts, held, delay in lodging FIR Section 149. Appreciation of evidence-Discrepancies in the testimony of witness- D Witnesses examined in Court after gap of ten years from date of occurrence­ Cross-examination taking place after long gap after recording of examinations­ in-chief-Witnesses subjected to searching lengthy
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