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Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P. and Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 14 S.C.R. 713
Bench P. Sathasivam, Dr. B.S. Chauhan, Ranjana Prakash Desai, Ranjan Gogoi and S.A. Bobde JJ.
Decided 12 November 2013

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What the Court ordered

We hold: (i) Registration of FIR is mandatory under Section 154 of the Code, if the information discloses commission of a cognizable offence and no preliminary inquiry is permissible in such a situation. (ii) If the information received does not disclose a :. LALITA KUMARI v.

Judgment, page 88

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 154 - FIR - Registration of - Whether mandatory - Or requires the police to conduct preliminary inquiry to test the veracity of such information before registering it - Held: c The condition sine qua non for.registering FIR is that there 0 must be information and the information discloses commission of cognizable offence - The reasonableness or credibility of information is not a condition precedent for the registration of FIR - The provision u/s. 154 is mandatory and therefore it is mandatory for the police officer to register FIR on the basis of

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 13 relied on · 13 followed · 19 referred to · 1 not applicable

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