Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 233 · Decided 29 September 1975
Sat Pal v. Delhi Administration
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 233 · [1976] 2 S.C.R. 11
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 137/1971
- Decided
- 29 September 1975
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, R.S. SARKARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 161; CrPC Section 162; Evidence Act Section 8, 142
Headnote
Evidence-Trap witnesses and witnesses with bad antecedents-Necessity jor corroboration by independent evidence. Evidence Act (1 of 1872) ss. 8 and 154-'Hostile' witness-Weight of evidence of-Silence as conduct. Code of Criminal Procedure (Act 5 of 1898) s. 162-Statements recorded during station, was convicted under s. 5(2) read with s. 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corrup­ tion Act, 1947, and s. 161, l.P.C. The evidence against him was that the arrested P.W. 1, took away Rs. 30/. from him and demanded an additional Rs. 70/- for releasing him. These facts were spoken to by
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