Supreme Court · 1966 INSC 152 · Decided 2 September 1966
Lachhi Ram v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1966 INSC 152 · [1967] 1 S.C.R. 243
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 177/1964
- Decided
- 2 September 1966
- Bench
- RAGHUBAR DAYAL, V. RAMASWAMI, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 109, 115; Evidence Act
Headnote
RAM v. STATE OF PUNJAB September, 2, 1966 B (V. RAMASWAMI, V. BHARGAVA, AND RAGHUBAR DAYAL, JJ.J c D E F G H Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (I of 1872), ss. 133 and 114 /II. (b)­ Evidence of approver-Tests for. The appellant was convicted of murder by the Sessions Judge mainly on the elVidence of reliable as wcll as corroborated by other evidence. The conviction of the appellant was upheld. In appeal before this Court by special leave, the appellant con- tended that the double test for the approver's evidence laid down in Sarwan Singh's case had. not been correctly applied by the courts
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