Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1357 · Decided 20 November 1996
Chinnamal v. State of Tamil Nadu and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1357 · [1996] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 927
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 333/1989
- Decided
- 20 November 1996
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, S.P. KURDUKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 147, 148, 307, 302; CrPC Section 164; Evidence Act Section 145
Headnote
B Criminal Law : Statement recorded u!s. 164 Cr. P.C. and FIR-Evidentiary value of-Accused prosecuted u/ss, 147, 148,307 and 302 !PC-Conviction by C trial court-High Court acquitting the accused on the ground that there were contradictions in the statement of witness recorded u/s. 164 CrPC and the during trial and decide for itself whether those statements should be relied upon in view of their contradictions (if any) with their earlier statements provided those contradictions had been brought on record D u/s. 145 of Evidence Act-High Court erred in discarding eye-witness account without
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