Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 36 · Decided 16 February 1978
Komma Neelakantha Reddy & ORS. v. Stte of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 36 · [1978] 3 S.C.R. 75
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 224/1973
- Decided
- 16 February 1978
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149, 141
Headnote
75 Eye witness-Reliability of witness-Eye witnesses who lyere Poli~e-nien :Jpecially posted due to strained relations between the two facflons, niak1ng the F.l.R. Ex. P 2 -v.·hen the party of the deceased refused to tnake a report, but making a slate1ne11t in a departn1e11tal enquiry incident after e1'erythi11J.{ wa.)· 01·er. Penal Code (Act 45 of 1860), 1860 Sections 141, 149, 151-Scope of. Twenty five persons were charged with offences under variou5 sections of -1.P.C. on the basis of first information report No. Ex. P 2 filed by P\Vs. 1. an:d 2. PWs. 1, 2
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