Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 39 · Decided 20 February 1975
Pratap Singh v. Rajinder Singh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 39 · [1975] 3 S.C.R. 584
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 808/1973
- Decided
- 20 February 1975
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, A.C. GUPTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Evidence Act; Representation of the People Act Section 123(5)
Headnote
Representation of the People Act, 1951-s. 123(5)-Corrupt praclice- B When the Supreme Court appreciates oral evidence-Whether oral testimony , could not be accevted unless corroborated in material particulars-A witness ,,' need not be proved to be a perju;er before his evidence is discarded--How a election petition before the High Court, alleged a number of ':orrupt practices hit by ,s. 123(4), (5) and (6) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 against the appellant. who was the duly elected candidate to the State Assembly. The High Court allowed the petition and set aside the C
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