Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 467 · Decided 12 November 2002
Alamgir v. State (NCT. Delhi)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 467 · [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 88
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 202/2001
- Decided
- 12 November 2002
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, B.N. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 161; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Section 302-Murder-Circumstantial evidence­ Conviction by Courts below-On appeal, held, the chain of events of the C present case pointedly point out to the guilt of the accusei-Evidence Act, 1872-Circumstantial evidence. Criminal Trial: Interested witness-Evidentiary value ' D creditworthiness or acceptability ought to be the guiding factor. Expert opinion-Evidence of Handwriting expert-Reliability on-Jn absence of corroboration-Held, there is no rule of law or rule of prudence that opinion must never be a~ted upon unless substantially corroborated E The
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