Ramdas And Others vs State Of Maharashtra on 7 November, 2006
In Ramdas and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra, (2007) 2 SCC
170, it has been ruled that when an FIR is lodged belatedly, it is a
relevant fact of which the court must take notice of, but the said fact
has to be considered in the light of other facts and circumstances of
the case. It is obligatory on the part of the court to consider whether
the delay in lodging the report adversely affects the case of the
prosecution and it would depend upon the matter of appreciation of
evidence in totality.