Supreme Court of India

Hariprasad @ Kishan Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh

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Reported as [2023] 14 S.C.R. 214
Bench Bela M. Trivedi and Dipankar Datta JJ.
Decided 7 November 2023

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Issues for consideration: Whether the delay of about more than one year in registering the FIR could be said to be fatal to the c ase of prosecution; whether the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the deceased had died due to administration of poison and the appell ant- accused administered the poison in the liquor and made the decea sed to drink it on the previous date of his death. Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Allegation of murder by poisoning – Delay in registering FIR – When not fatal: Held: FIR being only a corroborative piece of evidence and not a substantive piece of

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