Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 410 · Decided 26 September 2002
Bachhitar Singh & Anr v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 410 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 621
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1229/2001
- Decided
- 26 September 2002
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 30; CrPC Section 161; Evidence Act; Arms Act Section 30
Headnote
Penal Code, I 860; Section 302: Murder of 8 persons including children-­ Conviction on the basis of testimony of prosecution witness-Corroboration A B by circumstantial evidence-Correctness of-Held, one wtry of testing the veracity of the witness is simplicity of state1nent and consistency in relied upon by the Courts-Evidence Act, 1872: Trustworthiness of the prosecution witness-Prosecution witness present on the spot for the purpose of negotiation to resolve the dispute between his relation and accused-He rushed back to his native village tiJ save his life fi"om accused armed
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