No Inconsistency In Chargesheeting Accused Not Named In FIR: SC [Read Judgment]

The Court observed that FIR clearly mentions that the number of accused persons as 12, though only five were named.The Supreme Court, in Fazar Ali vs State of Assam, has held that there is no inconsistency in chargesheeting and convicting persons who have not been named along with the other accused in the First Information Report.In a criminal appeal before the apex court, one of. The Court observed that FIR clearly mentions that the number of accused persons as 12, though only five were named. A bench comprising Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan observed that the FIR clearly mentioned that 12 persons were accused and the FIR, from the very beginning, claimed that apart from five names mentioned, seven others were also accused. The court also took note of the deposition made by the informant during his cross examination that he had told the names of other seven accused persons also to the writer who had written the FIR but, the informant, being illiterate, had put only thumb impression on the FIR.