Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 459 · Decided 20 August 2004
State of U.P. v. Kishan Chand and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 459 · [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 640
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 29/1999
- Decided
- 20 August 2004
- Bench
- B.N. AGRAWAL, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149; CrPC Section 386(b)(i), 313
Headnote
U.P. V. KISHAN CHAND AND ORS. AUGUST 20, 2004 B [B.N. AGRAWAL AND H.K. SEMA, JJ.) Criminal Trial: Witnesses-Interested witness-Testimony-Reliability of-Held: If C the testimony of the interested witness inspires confidence it cannot be discarded. Witnesses-Injured witness-Testimony-Reliability testimony that the witnesses were present during the occurrence. Injuries on the accused-Failure to explain-Effect of-At the time of arrest, accused tried toj/ee and in that process sustained some injures E when beaten by the arresting party, which were simple in nature-Held: F The said
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