https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284547 Information given to police that a cognizable offence has been committed constitutes first information if it relates to the offence, even without naming the assailants or giving full particulars; the absence of a written police record does not change that character. Once such information is received, later police steps form part of the investigation, and a statement recorded from the injured person after investigation has commenced is hit by the bar on statements made to police during investigation. That later statement was therefore inadmissible against the accused, could not sustain conviction, and the conviction was set aside with acquittal ordered. en-us Mon, 22 Jan 1951 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:12:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284547 Information given to police that a cognizable offence has been committed constitutes first information if it relates to the offence, even without naming the assailants or giving full particulars; the absence of a written police record does not change that character. Once such information is received, later police steps form part of the investigation, and a statement recorded from the injured person after investigation has commenced is hit by the bar on statements made to police during investigation. That later statement was therefore inadmissible against the accused, could not sustain conviction, and the conviction was set aside with acquittal ordered. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 22 Jan 1951 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284547