NRJ Series| Evidence of related eyewitness can be accepted without corroboration [(1953) 2 SCC 604]
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on related eyewitness, dating back to the year 1953.
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Section 118 of Evidence Act | Child witness easily susceptible to tutoring; corroborating testimony not a rule but a measure of caution and prudence: Supreme Court
Supreme Court did not deem it safe to base the conviction only on the testimony of child witness which did not inspire confidence and acquitted the appellant.
Delhi High Court upheld life term of six murder convicts who shot a man dead in personal enmity
The Delhi HIgh Court opined that eyewitness running away and hiding at the time of firing and then coming for the rescue of the deceased is not unnatural as self-preservation is the first instinct of a human being.
Delhi High Court upholds 12-year imprisonment awarded to father guilty of raping his minor daughter
Delhi High Court: In an appeal challenging the order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge convicting the Father (Appellant) under
SL CoA | Can a conviction stand solely on the uncorroborated testimony of the complainant? Court clarifies
Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Division Bench of Devika Abeyratne and P. Kumararatnam, JJ., allowed
Accused cannot be convicted for conspiracy only on the basis of co-accused’s confession: SC
“A few bits here and a few bits there on which prosecution relies, cannot be held to be adequate for connecting the accused with the commission of crime of criminal conspiracy.”
Del HC | Is making false allegation of impotency by wife against husband a ground for decree of divorce? Court determines
Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula, JJ., refused to set aside the order of the trial court granting
All HC | In rape/sexual assault cases, evidence of the victim alone is sufficient for conviction or corroborative witnesses is a necessity? Explained
Allahabad High Court: Suresh Kumar Gupta, J., while addressing the present jail appeal held that, “…in cases involving sexual assault/rape, it is
Chh HC | Death Sentence in rape and murder of a 5 ½-Year-old deaf and dumb girl confirmed in the category of – “Rarest of Rare Case”
Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar and Gautam Chourdiya, JJ., while addressing the present criminal reference wherein the deceased/victim
Bom HC | Homicidal Death | For a crime to be proved, it is not necessary that it must be seen to have been committed
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Surendra P. Tavade and Ranjit More, JJ., while dealing with a case in regard to
Bom HC | Statement recorded under S. 108 of Customs Act is not reliable in isolation without corroboration by independent witness
Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed an appeal filed by the Union of India against the order of the trial court whereby
SL CoA | Discrepancies that do not go to the root of the matter and assail the basic version of the witness cannot be given too much importance in deciding cases
Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: The Bench of M.M.A. Gaffoor and K.K. Wickremasinghe, JJ. dismissed the appeal of the accused-appellant who
CoA Tanzania | Corroboration of material witness required for the offence of rape
Court of Appeal of Tanzania: The Bench of K.M. Mussa, S.A. Lila and R.K.Mkuye, JJ., decided in an appeal concerning the conviction
Question regarding correction of date of birth in Matriculation Certificate, discussed
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Denouncing the tendency of the people to give older date of birth in the matriculation examination to