Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 38 · Decided 12 April 1957
Vadivelu Thevar v. The State of Madras
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 38 · [1957] 1 S.C.R. 981
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 24/1957
- Decided
- 12 April 1957
- Bench
- B. JAGANNADHADAS, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 109, 326; Evidence Act
Headnote
COURT REPORTS V ADJVELU THEV .AR v. THE STATE OF MADRAS (with connected appeal) (JAGANNADHADAs, B. P. SINHA and P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR JJ.) 981 Murder-Convictio11 on the testimony of a single witness­ P,-opriety-Capital sentence, if appropriate-Extenuating circum­ stance-Indian Evidence Act rigorous imprisonment. It was contended for them, inter alia, that the conviction and sentences should not be upheld because in a case: involving a charge of murder-the court should not, on the ground of prudence, convict an accused person upon the testimony of a single witness, and, in any case,
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