Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 95 · Decided 1 March 1994
Rampal Pithwas Rahidass and ORS. v. 'state of Maharashtra ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 95 · [1994] 2 S.C.R. 179
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 201/1989
- Decided
- 1 March 1994
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, FAIZAN UDDIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 395; CrPC Section 164; Evidence Act Section 133, 114
Headnote
B Evidence Ac~S. 133, S. J l~onviction of an accused on the un-cor- ( roborated testimony of an accomplice-Rule of prndence as per illustration (b) of S. 114-Accomplice does not deserve to be relied upon without cor- roboration in material particulars. c Criminal Triaf-Status of after grant of only after grant of pardon-Statement must be recorded immediately after grant of pardon. S. 164 and Criminal Procedure Cod~Statement of approvel'-Value D of corroboration of evidenc&-Only sought when approver's evidence is other- .... wise acceptable . Very detailed nature of evidence of
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