https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309378 Police delay in registering an FIR after a complaint disclosed a cognizable offence was treated as a breach of statutory duty. The complaint had been entered in the general diary and inquired into, but no FIR was registered until after service of the writ petition. The record also showed that the facts prima facie disclosed an offence under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code, yet that offence was omitted from the case registered. The omission and delay were treated as clear laxity in registering the cognizable case, and supervisory authorities were directed to note recurring failures of this kind. en-us Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:29:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309378 Police delay in registering an FIR after a complaint disclosed a cognizable offence was treated as a breach of statutory duty. The complaint had been entered in the general diary and inquired into, but no FIR was registered until after service of the writ petition. The record also showed that the facts prima facie disclosed an offence under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code, yet that offence was omitted from the case registered. The omission and delay were treated as clear laxity in registering the cognizable case, and supervisory authorities were directed to note recurring failures of this kind. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309378