Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 752 · Decided 18 July 1996
Alil Mollah and ANR. v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 752 · [1996] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 666
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 400/1987
- Decided
- 18 July 1996
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Evidence-Sole eye witness--Evidentimy value of-Conviction can be based on the testimony of a single eye witness if he is a wholly reliable wit­ ness-If single eye witness is only partly reliable there should be con-oboration C of his testimony before recording conviction-Murder-<:onviction that conduct of single witness was zmnatural-Witness maintaining unexplained silence-Making delayed statement to the police and relatives of deceased-Not appearing before the Investigating Officer-No cor­ roboration of his evidence from any other independent source-Held, such a D witness
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