Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1172 · Decided 3 March 2016
Ram Laxman v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1172 · [2016] 2 S.C.R. 123
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 140/2007
- Decided
- 3 March 2016
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3021149, 148
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 3021149 and 148 - Conviction of all A B the accused by trial court - High Court upheld conviction of appe1/ants while acquitting the co-accused - On appeal, held: If a C witness is found undependable and unreliable his evidence cannot be split to grant benefit to some when in all respects he stands 011 same footing and deserves parity - In the instant case. the evidence of only eye witness PW-JO was highly unreliable and hence ~pecific injuries attributed by him cannot carry any weight - Appellants can D ;ustifiably claim parity with the co-accused who have
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