Superintendent of Police, Karnataka Lokayuktha and Anr v. B. Srinivas

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Delay/Laches: Delay in investigation - Effect of, on right of accused to speedy trial - Held: There is no general propo- sition of law that whenever there is delay on the part of the investigating agency in completing the investigation, such delay can be ground for quashing FIR - Question as to whether accused was deprived of fair trial on account of delay or pro- tracted investigation, would depend on various factors includ- ing whether such delay was reasonably long or caused delib- erately to hamper the defence of accused or whether delay was inevitable in the nature of things or whether