{"id":313544,"date":"2024-02-09T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=313544"},"modified":"2024-02-20T15:25:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T09:55:08","slug":"no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Supreme Court:<\/span> While dealing with the question of whether a witness who had been shown on the prosecution list but not examined on behalf of the prosecution could be permitted for examination as a defense witness, Division Bench of M.M. Sundresh and S.V.N. Bhatti, JJ., clarified that there was no bar in law restricting such examination as defense witness.<\/p>\n

The Court highlighted the fact that the witness who was sought to be examined by defense in the instant matter, had not been examined by the prosecution. The Court found both the Courts wrong for declining the appellant’s request with the reasoning that “the prosecution has consequentially chosen to discharge the said witness and, therefore, he has not been put in the witness box to depose on behalf of the prosecution.”<\/p>\n

The Court explained that there was no legal bar for examining such a witness as a defense witness, since it is the Trial Court’s duty to consider the evidentiary value of the said witness while recording its conclusion.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the Court set aside the High Court order confirming Trial Court order denying witness examination on defense side. The Court permitted the appellant to examine the prosecution witness as defense witness and kept it open for the prosecution to cross-examine the said witness.<\/p>\n

[Sunder Lal v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 2024 SCC OnLine SC 112<\/a>, Order dated 2-02-2024<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n

For Petitioners:<\/span> Advocate on Record Divyesh Pratap Singh, Advocate Shivangi Singh, Advocate Amit Sangwan, Advocate Varun Singh, Advocate Anupam Chaudhary, Advocate Ranjana Singh, Advocate Sneha Chandna<\/p>\n

For Respondents:<\/span> Advocate on Record Garvesh Kabra, Advocate Vikas Bansal, Advocate Pooja Kabra, Advocate Sujata Kabra<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court permitted the appellant to examine the prosecution witness as defense witness and kept it open for the prosecution to cross-examine the said witness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67513,"featured_media":313549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[65210,48474,31606,5363],"class_list":["post-313544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-supremecourt","tag-defense-witness","tag-discharge","tag-prosecution-witness","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"\nNo bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court | SCC Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Supreme Court recently clarified that there was no legal bar for examining discharged prosecution witness as defense witness.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supreme Court recently clarified that there was no legal bar for examining discharged prosecution witness as defense witness.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-09T10:00:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-20T09:55:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"591\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ridhi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ridhi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ridhi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a21428c608a56b14de2f1880af8ab8ea\"},\"headline\":\"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-09T10:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-20T09:55:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":291,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"defense witness\",\"Discharge\",\"Prosecution witness\",\"Supreme Court\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Case Briefs\",\"Supreme Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/\",\"name\":\"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court | SCC Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-09T10:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-20T09:55:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a21428c608a56b14de2f1880af8ab8ea\"},\"description\":\"Supreme Court recently clarified that there was no legal bar for examining discharged prosecution witness as defense witness.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.webp\",\"width\":887,\"height\":591,\"caption\":\"Discharged prosecution witness\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/09\\\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a21428c608a56b14de2f1880af8ab8ea\",\"name\":\"Ridhi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5bb725ff04af51d6ea760aba8bfa827caa7c4b3ff053baff285d71a0ab546955?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5bb725ff04af51d6ea760aba8bfa827caa7c4b3ff053baff285d71a0ab546955?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5bb725ff04af51d6ea760aba8bfa827caa7c4b3ff053baff285d71a0ab546955?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ridhi\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/author\\\/scc_editor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court | SCC Blog","description":"Supreme Court recently clarified that there was no legal bar for examining discharged prosecution witness as defense witness.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court","og_description":"Supreme Court recently clarified that there was no legal bar for examining discharged prosecution witness as defense witness.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2024-02-09T10:00:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-20T09:55:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":887,"height":591,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ridhi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ridhi","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/"},"author":{"name":"Ridhi","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a21428c608a56b14de2f1880af8ab8ea"},"headline":"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court","datePublished":"2024-02-09T10:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-20T09:55:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/"},"wordCount":291,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.webp","keywords":["defense witness","Discharge","Prosecution witness","Supreme Court"],"articleSection":["Case Briefs","Supreme Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/","name":"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court | SCC Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.webp","datePublished":"2024-02-09T10:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-20T09:55:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a21428c608a56b14de2f1880af8ab8ea"},"description":"Supreme Court recently clarified that there was no legal bar for examining discharged prosecution witness as defense witness.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.webp","width":887,"height":591,"caption":"Discharged prosecution witness"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/02\/09\/no-bar-to-examine-discharged-prosecution-witness-as-defense-witness-supreme-court\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"No bar to examine discharged prosecution witness as defense witness: Supreme Court"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a21428c608a56b14de2f1880af8ab8ea","name":"Ridhi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bb725ff04af51d6ea760aba8bfa827caa7c4b3ff053baff285d71a0ab546955?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bb725ff04af51d6ea760aba8bfa827caa7c4b3ff053baff285d71a0ab546955?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bb725ff04af51d6ea760aba8bfa827caa7c4b3ff053baff285d71a0ab546955?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ridhi"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc_editor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Discharged-prosecution-witness.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":280015,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/12\/20\/legal-update-legal-news-c-hild-witness-can-be-recalled\/","url_meta":{"origin":313544,"position":0},"title":"Bar under Section 33(5) of POCSO Act is not absolute; Kerala High Court allows recalling of child witness for examination for the just decision of the case","author":"Editor","date":"December 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Kerala High Court held that child witness can be recalled for examination; bar under Section 33(5) of POCSO Act is not absolute.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Kerala High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-310.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":289090,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/10\/suggestions-made-to-witness-by-defence-and-reply-to-the-same-would-form-part-of-evidence-to-determine-guilt-of-accused-supreme-court-upholds-bombay-high-court-conviction-for-murder-legal-news-legal-re\/","url_meta":{"origin":313544,"position":1},"title":"Suggestions to witness by defence and reply to the same forms part of evidence to determine guilt of accused; SC upholds conviction in murder case","author":"Editor","date":"April 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court was quick to clarify that if prosecution was unable to prove its case on its own legs, then it won\u2019t be able to derive advantage from the weakness of the defence and the Court would not be able to convict the accused on the strength of the evidence\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Suggestion to witness by defense","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1065.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1065.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1065.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1065.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":282726,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/01\/30\/charge-that-convicts-had-committed-murder-not-proved-beyond-reasonable-doubt-hence-they-are-entitled-to-the-benefit-of-doubt-reiterates-supreme-court-while-acquitting-murder-convicts-legal-research-le\/","url_meta":{"origin":313544,"position":2},"title":"Murder convicts in a 37-year-old case to walk free after Supreme Court gives them benefit of doubt","author":"Editor","date":"January 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court held that the charge that the convicts had committed murder was not proved beyond reasonable doubt; hence, they were and are entitled to the benefit of doubt. Thus, it set aside the Trial Court and Allahabad High Court's judgment and order and acquitted the convicts.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Murder convicts in a 37-year-old case to walk free after Supreme Court gives them benefit of doubt","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MicrosoftTeams-image-99.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":237359,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/12\/sc-evidence-has-to-be-weighed-and-not-counted\/","url_meta":{"origin":313544,"position":3},"title":"SC| Evidence has to be weighed and not counted","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"October 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201c\u2026 the prosecution has miserably failed to prove the guilt of the accused beyond doubt the appellants therefore must be given benefit of doubt.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":271520,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/08\/11\/clearing-of-prosecution-evidence-not-an-absolute-bar-from-re-examining-materials-witnesses-under-section-311-crpc-supreme-court\/","url_meta":{"origin":313544,"position":4},"title":"Clearing of prosecution evidence not an absolute bar from re-examining materials\/witnesses under Section 311 CrPC: Supreme Court\u00a0\u00a0","author":"Editor","date":"August 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe statutory provision goes to emphasise that the court is not a hapless bystander in the derailment of justice. Quite to the contrary, the court has a vital role to discharge in ensuring that the cause of discovering truth as an aid in the realization of justice is manifest.\u201d\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-46.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-46.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-46.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-46.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-46.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":255632,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/10\/15\/perjury-proceedings-for-hostile-witness\/","url_meta":{"origin":313544,"position":5},"title":"Perjury Proceedings for Hostile Witness\u2014A Need of Hour","author":"Editor","date":"October 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Surel Shah*","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-95-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-95-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-95-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-95-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-95-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}