Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 776 · Decided 18 August 2017
State of Goa v. Jose Maria Albert Vales @ Robert Vales
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 776 · [2017] 14 S.C.R. 163
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1427/2017
- Decided
- 18 August 2017
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, AMITAVA ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 193; CrPC Section 244, 340, 343, 164, 343(1), 476, 2(d), 2(g)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.244, 340 and 343 - Statement of respondent, a prose.cution witness, reco_rded u/s.164, Cr.P. C by Magistrate - While testifying in the Session's trial, respondent resiled from. this statement- Sessions Court being prima facie of the view that the respondent on oath in order to screen/favour the accused in the session's trial, without conducting any inquiry as permissible u/ s. 340, directed respondent's prosecution by filing complaint against A B c him uls..193,JPC - Accordingly, a complaint was filed against the D respondent uls.193,JPC in the
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