Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 172 · Decided 27 April 1962
Chinna Gowda v. State of Mysore
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1962 INSC 172 · [1963] 2 S.C.R. 517
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 172/1961
- Decided
- 27 April 1962
- Bench
- T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, K.C. DAS GUPTA, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
StJPREME COURT REPOR1:8 CHINNA GOWDA v. STA1'E OF MYSORE (K. C. DAB GUl'Ta, J. R. MUDHOLKAR and T. L. VENKATAR.ill.A AIYAR, JJ.) 517 Criminal Trial-Approver-Corroboration of-·· Retracted confe•Bion• oJ co..accu•ed-When can be 'l<Bed a. corroboration. The be sustained. Though .there· is no bar for a conviction being based upon the evidence of an approver alone, as a matter of prudence the courts always require that· such evidence should be corroborated in material' particulars. The need for corroboration is all the greater in a
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)