Shri Ram Naresh Yadav vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 5 May, 2015
Bench
State
of Punjab ), the Apex Court held that FIR is not an
encyclopedia which will contain every detail of the
incident. It is further held
settled principle of law that the FIR is not an
encyclopedia containing all the facts. No doubt in the FIR,
this fact is not mentioned
This is trite law that even FIR cannot be treated as an encyclopedia. The Apex
Court in (2003) 6 SCC 175 ( Superintendent of Police ... Tapan
Kumar Singh ), opined that a First Information Report is not an encyclopedia,
which must disclose all facts and details relating to the offence reported
State By: Byatarayanapura Police vs A1: K.Gopal S/O K.P.Karunakaran on 23
injury to the genitals or leaving
any seminal stains."
39. In Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (Vol. 4 at
page 1356, it is stated
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incident. FIR is not an encyclopedia. Nor is it
Examination-in-chief in advance. But the accused,
however went into hairsplitting ... find
that this is material. To repeat, FIR is not an
encyclopedia. When the FIR mentions that Nilesh
was stabbed in the chest and this
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incident. FIR is not an encyclopedia. Nor is it
Examination-in-chief in advance. But the accused,
however went into hairsplitting ... find
that this is material. To repeat, FIR is not an
encyclopedia. When the FIR mentions that Nilesh
was stabbed in the chest and this
cria413.05
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incident. FIR is not an encyclopedia. Nor is it
Examination-in-chief in advance. But the accused,
however went into hairsplitting ... find
that this is material. To repeat, FIR is not an
encyclopedia. When the FIR mentions that Nilesh
was stabbed in the chest and this
also well settled that the FIR is not an encyclopedia of the entire
prosecution case. It is simply a report in respect of a cognizable