Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 325 · Decided 21 July 2003
Chittar Lal v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 325 · [2003] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 633
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 845/2002
- Decided
- 21 July 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 134
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Section 302-Murder-(unv!ction by courts be/ow-Based on testimony of sole eyewitness-Other two witnesses having turned hos'!f/e-Justification of-Held: conviction justified as testimony of C the eyewitness was credible. Criminal Trial: Non-mention of name of eyewitness in eye-witness-Reliability on-Held, if the testimony of sole witness is found to be reliable, there is no legal impediment to convict the accused-It is the quality and not quantity of evidence which is necessary for proving or disproving a fact-Evidence Act, 1872--Section 134. The appellant-accused
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