Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1134 · Decided 12 November 2007
Gali Venkataiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1134 · [2007] 11 S.C.R. 1030
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1533/2007
- Decided
- 12 November 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304, 300
Headnote
AIAH v. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH NOVEMBER 12, 2007 B [DR. ARIJIT PASAYA. T AND P. SATHASIVAM, JJ.j , Penal Code, 1860: ss. 304 (Part I) and 300 Exception 4-Murde~, in the course of C sudden quarrel-Seen by wife and sons of deceased-Conviction uls 302 !PC by courts below-On appeal, held: In 1 and 4-Distinction between. Evidence-Related witness-Evidentiary value of-Held: Relationship is not a factor to effect credibility of a witness-However, E in such cases court has to adopt a careful approach and analyse evidence to find out credibility thereof-Criminal Trial. Words and
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