Supreme Court of India
Shanmugam and Anr. v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police, T. Nadu
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FIR - Delay in lodging - Effect - Held: Delay in lodging of FIR is not by itself fatal to the case of the prosecution nor can delay itself create any suspicion about the truthfulness of the version given by the informant just as a prompt lodging of the report may be no guarantee about its being wholly truthful - So long as there is cogent and acceptable explanation for the delay it loses its significance - Whether or not the explanation is acceptable will depend upon the facts of each case - On facts, no reason to disbelieve the prosecution case only because the FIR was delayed by a few hours
Authorities it was built on
- 1964 Masalti v. State of U. P
- 1957 Vadivelu Thevar v. The State of Madras
- 2012 Amit v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2000 Camilo Vaz v. State of Goa
- 1953 Dalip Singh and Others v. State of Punjab.
- 2009 Mahtab Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P.
- 1963 Darya Singh and Others v. State of Punjab
- 2011 Kilakkatha Parambath Sasi & Ors. v. State of Kerala
- 2012 Raju @ Balachandran & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2008 Bur Singh and Anr. v. State of Punjab
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