Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 306 · Decided 9 December 1975
Bhagwan Singh v. The State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 306 · [1976] 2 S.C.R. 921
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 201/1971
- Decided
- 9 December 1975
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, P.K. GOSWAMI, N.L. UNTWALIA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 411, 165A, 161; Evidence Act Section 154
Headnote
SINGH II. THE STATE OF HARYANA December 9, 1975 (P. N. BHAGWATI, P. K. GOSWAMI AND N. L. UNTWALIA, JJ.) Indian Penal Code·-Section 161 & 165 A-Conl'iction under-No legal bar ba.ied on the 1cst1mony of a "hostile witness", if corroborated by other reliable evidence-Cross a constable who was in charge of an investigation of a case under section 411 I.P.C. to substitute A B the seized gQld coins with different markings offering a bribe of' Rs. 1,000/-. C J reported the matter to the D.S.P. concerned and as per the directions, the raiding party arrested 'B'
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