Supreme Court of India
Damodar v. State of Rajasthan
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the trial Court has rightly held that it did not constitute the FIR and therefore the written report lodged by PW-15 vide Exhibit P-20 is not hit by Section 162 of the Code.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Code a/Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 154-FJ.R .. -Jnformation of commission of offence over phone-Whether Fl.R .. -Unknown person initially giving information about commission of offence on telephone- Informant subsequently lodging a written report with the police-Held, telephonic information would not constitute .l.R. as the information given was cryptic-Subsequent report by the informant rightly considered as .I.R. and not as the statement of informant recorded during the course of investigation-Investigation-Commencement of-Section 162-Code of Criminal Procedure. Penal Code-Section 120
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Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Netaji Achyut Shinde (patil) & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2020 Rattan Singh & Ors. v. Nirmal Gill & Ors. Etc.
- 2012 Pratapbhai Hamirbhai Solanki v. State of Gujarat and Another
- 2012 Lalita Kumari v. Government of U.P. & Others
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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