Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 221 · Decided 28 November 1973
Laxman and Others v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 221 · [1974] 2 S.C.R. 505
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 122/1970
- Decided
- 28 November 1973
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; Evidence Act Section 145, 114
Headnote
F G LAXMAN AND OTHERS v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA November 28, 1973 [M.H. BEG AND Y. V. CHANDRACHUD, JJ.j 505 Evidence Act, Section 145-lmPortant omissions by a witness iu tlie pl'erious statements regarding participation of the accused in the crime-JVhether contradictions within the meaning of the In the trial u/s 302 read withs. 341. P. c., one Sopan was convicted on the evi-· dence of one Sudam, the only eye-witness. Sudam admitted in his cross-exan1ina­ tion that neither before the Executive Magistrate nor before the Committing Magis­ trate, he stated that Sopan had
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