Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 637 · Decided 21 September 2006
Khambam Raja Reddy and ANR. v. Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 637 · [2006] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 446
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 329/2000
- Decided
- 21 September 2006
- Bench
- A.K. MATHUR, ALTAMAS KABIR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34
Headnote
RAJA REDDY AND ANR 1i PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 [A.K. MATHUR AND AL TAMAS KABlR,JJ.] Criminal trial-Medical evidence not borne out by ocular evidence­ Conviction of accused based on ocular evidence--Correctness of-Held- C Court has discretion to fi"om the nose and ears of deceased, evidence of prosecution witness that heavy stone dropped on deceased's head causing his death could not be given credence­ It was highly improbable since defence of accused that he could not have D done so as he was crippled by polio was supported by
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