Supreme Court of India

Munshi Prasad and Ors. v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 25

Bench U.C. Banerjee J.

Decided 10 October 2001

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From the headnote

Code qf Criminal Procedure, 1973 : Appeal against conviction-Offence of Murder-Concurrent finding of .fact-lntetference-When called for-Held, when .finding su:ffers .from some vice and violative qf.fundamental rules or there is de.finite procedural injustice which goes to the root of the prosecution case-Penal Code, 1860-Section 302. Section 154-FIR-Delay in .filing-Effect qf-Held, delay not .fatal if there is plausible explanation .for delay. Section I 57-Delay in sending report qf FIR to Magistrate- :ffect of Held, it would not vitiate trial if delay is reasonable and there is acceptable

Where later benches applied it

2013 Madhu @ Madhuranatha & Anr. v. State of Karnataka relied on
2015 Tomaso Bruno & Anr. v. State of U.P. referred to
2012 Jeewan & Ors. v. State of Uttarakhand referred to
2012 State of Haryana v. Shakuntla and Ors. referred to
2011 Bhajan Singh @ Harbhajan Singh & Ors. v. State of Haryana referred to
2020 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu not applicable

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 not applicable

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