Case Law Analysis
|Chhattisgarh High Court
Delay in Charge-Sheet Filing Under Section 173 BNSS Does Not Justify FIR Quashing : Chhattisgarh HC
Chhattisgarh High Court rules that mere delay in investigation or charge-sheet filing under Section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) cannot invalidate an FIR for cognizable offences like Section 420 IPC. The court directed completion of the probe within four weeks, reinforcing that procedural delays alone do not vitiate substantive criminal liability.