Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 254 · Decided 8 March 2007
Swami Prasad v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 254 · [2007] 3 S.C.R. 660
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 731/2000
- Decided
- 8 March 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 161
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860-s. 302-Murder-Sole eye-witness-Three i c prosecution witnesses to the incident turned hostile-Accused, after the incident, himself going to the police station with the weapon of offence and blood stained clothes and confessing that the deceased had been killed by that the accused-On appeal, held: Facts and circumstances of the case lead to the conclusion that the D accused had killed the deceased-Evidence of sole eye-witness as well as the hostile witnesses are reliable-In a given silllation court may rely upon the statements of hostile
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