Mere filing of FIR does not result in conviction; incriminating material must be demonstrated as substantive evidence

Mere filing of FIR does not result in conviction; incriminating material must be demonstrated as substantive evidence: Karnataka High Court

Cause Title: Ninganna v. State (Neutral Citation: 2024:KHC:14384-DB)

The Karnataka High Court, while interpreting the power of the court to examine the accused under Section 313 of the CrPC, said that the incriminating material must appear in the concrete evidence brought before the court.

The court was hearing an appeal after the trial court convicted three accused for the offence under Section 302 of the IPC.

Mere registration of an FIR does not amount to a conviction. The incriminating material must appear in the concrete evidence brought before the court, a bench of Chief Justice Srinivas Harish Kumar and Justice S. Rachaiah said.