Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 416 · Decided 16 September 1999
Ramesh S/O Laxman Gavli v. State of Madhya Pradesh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 416 · [1999] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 603
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 587/1996
- Decided
- 16 September 1999
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, N. SANTOSH HEGDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134, 302, 34; CrPC Section 161
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-Ss. 302134-Murder-Testimony of eye witnesses­ Duly corroborated by other witnesses-Nothing brought in cross examination to discredit the eye witnesses-Held; conviction and sentence justified Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-S.161_.:._Witnesses-Delay in examining the when nothing tangible was brought in cross examination to impeach their testimony. Criminal Trial : Benefit of doubt-Grant of-Murder-Testimony of eye witnesses­ Discrepancy between eye witnesses regarding which accused pierced 'Gupti' on the chest of deceased-Held, sufficient to grant
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