Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 445 · Decided 28 July 2010
Birappa & ANR. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 445 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 205
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 682/2006
- Decided
- 28 July 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 109
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: A B s.302 - Murder - Evidence of a single witness - Three c accused prosecuted for murder - Conviction by trial court of A-1 and acquittal of the other two ....: High Court dismissing appeal of A-1 and allowing appeal of State qua A-2 and also convicting him in terms similar to the prosecution story rests only on·a single 0 witness the evidence of such a witness must inspire full confidence - In the instant case, the conduct of PW. 1 was clearly unnatural which makes his evidence extremely suspicious - As per the prosecution story he had seen his brother being
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