Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 133 · Decided 2 March 2001
Sohan and ANR. v. State of Haryana and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 133 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 309
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 247/1991
- Decided
- 2 March 2001
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Criminal Trial : Criminal jurisprudence-Basic or fundamental principles-E1•idence­ App1~ciation of-Bun/en of proof-Held: Is on the prosecution-Prosecution A B has to establish its case beyond all reasonable doubts-Such basic or funda- C mental principles of criminal jurisprudence should of the eye\vitnesses­ Other eyewitness-Non-examination of-Eyewitness examined was an inter­ ested witness and also inimical to the accused-Effect of-Held: It is unsafe D to act on the evidence of such eyewitness without any convboration-Non­ examination of other material lvitnesses is
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