Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 582 · Decided 9 October 2020
Karulal & ORS. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 582 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 494
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 316/2011
- Decided
- 9 October 2020
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 302, 149, 506
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 148, 302/149 - Prosecution under - Three eye-witnesses - Conviction by Courts below - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: Prosecution version is cogent and supported by consistent testimony of three eye-witnesses which is further evidence - The facts that two of the eye-witnesses were related and that some of the witnesses turned hostile, will not affect the prosecution case. Evidence: Related witness - Evidentiary value of - Held: Testimony of related witness, if found to be truthful, can be the basis
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