Merely Because FIR Contains The Inquest Number It Cannot Be Said That FIR Was Registered After Inquest: SC

Ashok Kini

20 Feb 2019 12:53 PM IST

  • Merely Because FIR Contains The Inquest Number It Cannot Be Said That FIR Was Registered After Inquest: SC

    "Merely because the FIR contains inquest number, it cannot be said that the FIR was registered subsequent to the inquest."

    The Supreme Court has observed that merely because Inquest number is mentioned in First Information Report, it does not affect the prosecution case nor does it affect the credibility of the eye witnesses. In a criminal appeal (Harnam Singh vs. State of MP), the bench comprising Justice R. Banumathi and Justice R. Subhash Reddy was addressing the contention put forth on behalf of the...

    Next Story