Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 703 · Decided 11 August 2023
Sathyan v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 703 · [2023] 11 S.C.R. 95
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2363/2023
- Decided
- 11 August 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, SANJAY KAROL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issues for consideration : (i) Whether the conviction, solely on the basis of offi cial witnesses is sustainable in the instant facts? (ii) Whether the delay of nearly 3 years in fi ling the challan can be said to be materially aff ecting the correctness of the judgement of the lower judgement? Abkari Act - s. 8 - Conviction under: Held : No reason is forthcoming on behalf of the appellant to challenge the veracity of the testimonies of PW-1 and PW-2 (offi cial witnesses) - In the instant case, conviction on the basis of testimony of the police witnesses
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