Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1325 · Decided 19 November 2008
Vithal Pundalik Zendge v. ST Ate of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1325 · [2008] 16 S.C.R. 423
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1026/2007
- Decided
- 19 November 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3021149, 149; Evidence Act Section 134
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c ss. 3021149, 144 and 148 - Murder - Plea that court ·should not rest conviction on the evidence of solitary witness - HELD: In the instant case, the roles played by each of the accused persons have been elaborately described by the witness - Her presence on the has D been accepted - Deceased was her brother and accused persons were known to her - Minor discrepancies in her -·~ statement have rightly been held by trial court and High Court of no consequence - Conviction and sentence upheld - Evidence Act, 1872 - s. 134. E Evidence Act, 1872: s.
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