https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169834 Unexplained delay in lodging a criminal complaint can weaken the prosecution case, and a bare claim of prior police reporting is insufficient without supporting records; here, the delay remained inadequately explained because the alleged earlier complaint was not substantiated. Section 397 IPC applies only to the particular offender who personally uses a deadly weapon or otherwise satisfies the statutory requirement during robbery or dacoity, and it does not create vicarious liability for co-accused. On the evidence, the alleged weapons, lack of injury, and discrepancies in the complainant's solitary testimony meant the ingredients of Sections 397, 392 and 452 IPC were not proved, so the conviction could not be sustained. en-us Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 23:07:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169834 Unexplained delay in lodging a criminal complaint can weaken the prosecution case, and a bare claim of prior police reporting is insufficient without supporting records; here, the delay remained inadequately explained because the alleged earlier complaint was not substantiated. Section 397 IPC applies only to the particular offender who personally uses a deadly weapon or otherwise satisfies the statutory requirement during robbery or dacoity, and it does not create vicarious liability for co-accused. On the evidence, the alleged weapons, lack of injury, and discrepancies in the complainant's solitary testimony meant the ingredients of Sections 397, 392 and 452 IPC were not proved, so the conviction could not be sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169834