https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281567 The SC upheld a conviction under Section 302 IPC, holding that the alleged delay in lodging the FIR was not inordinate where it was filed within about eight hours at a police station 10 miles away and reached the Magistrate the next morning. The testimony of the two eye-witnesses was found consistent against the appellant, and minor discrepancies were insufficient to discard their evidence. Recovery of the gandasi at the appellant's instance, with blood stains on the weapon and his turban, corroborated the ocular version. The witnesses' relationship to the deceased and prior disputes did not discredit otherwise convincing evidence. en-us Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:58:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281567 The SC upheld a conviction under Section 302 IPC, holding that the alleged delay in lodging the FIR was not inordinate where it was filed within about eight hours at a police station 10 miles away and reached the Magistrate the next morning. The testimony of the two eye-witnesses was found consistent against the appellant, and minor discrepancies were insufficient to discard their evidence. Recovery of the gandasi at the appellant's instance, with blood stains on the weapon and his turban, corroborated the ocular version. The witnesses' relationship to the deceased and prior disputes did not discredit otherwise convincing evidence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281567