Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 248 · Decided 21 November 1979
Murari Lal S/O Ram Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 248 · [1980] 2 S.C.R. 249
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 125/1975
- Decided
- 21 November 1979
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; Evidence Act Section 73
Headnote
) Evidence Act-Expert opinion-Testimony of handwriting expert-If could not be accepted without corroboration-Opinion evidence-Ur nature­ Explained. The appellant was charged with the offence of committing the murder of the deceased. The two vital pieces of evidence on which he was convicted instance of the appellant and (2) a note written in pencil in1 Hindi! found by the side of the deadman on the night of the occurrence stating "Though we OOve passed B.A. we have not secured any employment because there is none to care. This is the ronsequence". He was convicted under s.
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