Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 241 · Decided 16 March 2023
Narendrasinh Keshubhai Zala v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 241 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 746
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1179/2012
- Decided
- 16 March 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, VIKRAM NATH, SANJAY KAROL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; Constitution Article 136; Arms Act Section 25(1)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302/34 - Arms Act, 1959 - ss. 25(1) A, 27(2) - Acquittal of accused - Appellant was accused of having committed the murder of the victim-deceased by shooting at him while he was sitting on a Nala with PW-3 - FIR charge-sheet was filed and the appellant was put on trial - Trial Court convicted the appellant on the testimony of the sole eye-witness (PW-3) and such conviction was upheld by the High Court - On appeal, held: In the case of a sole eye witness, the witness has to be reliable,
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