Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 473 · Decided 27 July 2006
Syed Ibrahim v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 473 · [2006] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 105
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 798/2006
- Decided
- 27 July 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 134
Headnote
B Penal Code. 1860-Seclion 302-Murder-Solitary wilness-Appellant convicted by Cour/s below for murdering his wife-Conviction based upon the sole testimony of PW I, the deceased's father-Conviction challenged-Held: C Evidence on record disproves veracity of PWJ s evidence to a large extent­ in lightly brushing aside the apparent inconsistencies/ discrepancies in evidence by observing Iha/ PW I was illiterale-Appellant accordingly acquitted. Ma-rims-Principle of "falsus in uno falsus in omnibus"-Explained. Evidence-Discrepancies in-Normal discrepancies and material
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