Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 80 · Decided 14 February 2002
Allarakha K. Mansuri v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 80 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 1011
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1285/1998
- Decided
- 14 February 2002
- Bench
- R.P. SETHI, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 378, 161; Evidence Act
Headnote
B Evidence Act 1872: Testimony of eye-witnesses-Reliance of-When the evidence of eye­ witnesses corroborated by medical evidence and support the case of prosecution C in proving the guilt of the accused, it can be relied upon. Code of Criminal Procedure, 197 3: Section 161-Recording of of D witnesses-Held, need not necessary lead to manipulation. Criminal Trial: Acquittal by trial Court-Not based upon facts or legal evidence tendered but as a result u( conjectures and hypothesis-Hence High Court was justified E in re-examining the whole evidence and convicting the
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