Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 581 · Decided 27 November 2001
Surendra Singh Rautela @ Surendra Singh Bengali v. State of Bihar (Now State of Jharkahand)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 581 · [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 340
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 628/2001
- Decided
- 27 November 2001
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, B.N. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307; CrPC Section 220(3); Arms Act Section 27(3)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860/Arms Act, !959-Sections 302 & 307/Section 271( I) and (3 )-Conviction and senetence of accused-Corroboration of the testi­ mony of the sole eye witnesses-Incident taking place in broad day light-No· C improbability in identification of accused-On basis of such 307 upheld. Criminal trial: Testimony ~f sole eye witness-Reliability of-Corroborated by his rela­ D tive and also medical evidence-Held, testimony of such eye witness cannot be rejected mainly because another eye witness had not supported prosecution case and was declared hostile. E
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