points were raised on
behalf of the appellants :-(i) that the first information
report is highly belated and (ii) that the alleged eye-
witnesses ... whatever information he could gather there he went to
Kottayam East police station, 9 k.m. away, and lodged the
first information report
miles from the village Salabatpura and lodged the First Information Report at 3 P. M. narrating the entire occurrence. Soon after recording the ... there is a report about the completion of the F.I.R. and the time of departure of the Sub-Inspector for the spot
Pyari. PW-1
Ganesh Singh, who is the first informant and had received injuries in
the incident, gave complete version of the incident ... opinion the date of lodging the
report has been wrongly written in the inquest report as "15.3.79
samai 10 baje raat
injury reports
and the post mortem examination report along with the statements
of the witnesses and the statements made in the First Information
Report would ... first
prevented them from watering in the agricultural field and then
clashed with them, and therefore, they have been named in the
First Information Report
settled in law that mere delay in lodging the First Information
Report cannot be regarded by itself as fatal to the case of the
prosecution ... same solely on the ground of delay in lodging the first
information report. Delay has the effect of putting the court on
its guard
Counsel
submitted that it is clear from all these admissions that the FIR is not a
spontaneous document but it is the result ... whom overt acts have been alleged,
have been purposely included in the FIR. Counsel pointed out that this
Court has held
Pyari. PW-1 Ganesh Singh, who is the first informant and had received injuries in the incident, gave complete version of the incident ... opinion the date of lodging the report has been wrongly written in the inquest report as "15.3.79 samai 10 baje raat
went to the house of one Hori Singh and scribed a First
Information Report (FIR). He, thereafter, went to the Thakurdwara
Police Station ... about 28 kms. from the place
of occurrence. He lodged a First Information Report at about 00.25
hours 13.4.1992. The said FIR
credibility. The evidence of P.W.1
finds corroboration from the first Information Report which
was lodged at 9.05 p.m. (within four hours ... Kamlesh then went in a tractor to
lodge the First Information Report. The FIR came to be
registered against 24 accused persons
away in the
morning and lodged the report. ASI, Rajaram (PW10) recorded the FIR at
8.45 A.M. The FIR ... dead body and its reference in the
inquest report. Even though the inquest report, prepared
under Section 174 Cr.P.C., is aimed at serving
