https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309106 Recording the accused's conversation before registration of the FIR was treated as part of the investigative process, because the information initially received disclosed a cognizable offence and the officer nevertheless deferred FIR registration while collecting evidence. The pre-FIR recording therefore was not a mere preliminary enquiry, and the later FIR could not be treated as the first information to justify using that material in the trap mahazar. As the material gathered before registration was blended with the trap proceedings, the investigation was held vitiated and the criminal proceedings were liable to be quashed. en-us Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:25:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309106 Recording the accused's conversation before registration of the FIR was treated as part of the investigative process, because the information initially received disclosed a cognizable offence and the officer nevertheless deferred FIR registration while collecting evidence. The pre-FIR recording therefore was not a mere preliminary enquiry, and the later FIR could not be treated as the first information to justify using that material in the trap mahazar. As the material gathered before registration was blended with the trap proceedings, the investigation was held vitiated and the criminal proceedings were liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309106