High Court rules delay in forensic lab report is not adverse to crime proof

The High Court stated that delay in obtaining the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report does not adversely affect the proof of crime and is not fatal. The two-judge bench, led by Justice Mohammed Nawaz, dismissed the criminal appeal filed by Muthuraj from Sundarahalli in Chamarajanagar district. The court upheld the order of the Bangalore Rural 3rd Additional District and Sessions Court, which had sentenced Muthuraj to life imprisonment and fined him ₹50,000.