Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 351 · Decided 13 March 2008
Thukaram and ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 351 · [2008] 5 S.C.R. 37
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 482/2008
- Decided
- 13 March 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304(II), 304(11)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.304 (II): Conviction under - Based on evidence of related witnesses - Justification - Held: Relationship is not a factor to c affect credibility of a witness - Foundation has to be laid if plea of false implication is made - In such cases, the Court has to adopt a careful witness - Appreciation of. The conviction of Appellant No.1 by Courts below, D under s.304(11), IPC, was challenged before this Court on the ground that the same was based on the evidence of related witnesses, viz. PWs 1,2 and 5. Dismissing the appeal, the Court E HELD: 1.1. The stand that PWs
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