Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 204 · Decided 28 February 1997
Pandappa Hanumappa Hanamar and ANR. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 204 · [1997] 2 S.C.R. 529
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 90/1994
- Decided
- 28 February 1997
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, S.P. KURDUKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860/Criminal Procedure Code, 197~Sections 302 and 34-Sections 378, 386- Appellant charged with having caused death of B the deceased with common intention-Trial Court acquitted disbelieving C evidence on record-Reversal of acquittal by the High Court-On ap­ peal-Held : can be based on testimony of single eye witness if found credible-Hostile witness can not be discredited entire­ ly-No legal bar in believing testimony of hostile witness if co"oborated by other reliable evidence-Independent witnesses can not be discarded on the D basis of
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