Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 58 · Decided 16 January 2008
Kunju @ Balachandran v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 58 · [2008] 1 S.C.R. 781
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 112/2008
- Decided
- 16 January 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, AFTAB ALAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 341; Evidence Act Section 134
Headnote
• A Evidence Act, 1872: s. 134 - Testimony of sole witness - Evidentiary value of, for recording conviction - Held: Conviction can be based on testimony of single witness c provided he is wholly reliable - It is not the quantity but quality that is relevant- Evidence has to be weighed and not and trustworthy- On facts, conviction under s.302 /PC based on testimony of sole eyewitness upheld - Penal Code, 1860 - s.302, 341. D --1 The prosecution case was that the marriage of PW~5 was arranged with the accused. Two days prior to the date of occurrence, the deceased met PW-5 and offered
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