Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 143 · Decided 8 March 2006
Zahira Habibullah Sheikh and Anr . v. State of Gujarat and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 143 · [2006] 2 S.C.R. 1081
- Case number
- Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No. 6658/2004
- Decided
- 8 March 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC
Headnote
B ~ Criminal Procedure Code, I973-Section 311-Trial Court acquitting accused since all witnesses turned hostile-Witness made statements after trial before various bodies contending that she was intimated, threatened and c coerced to turn hostile during trial-Direction by Supreme Court for re-trail giving press statements contending that she had not made such statements before various bodies and Supreme Court-Initiation of contempt of court proceedings against the witness before Supreme Court-Held, witnesses are the eyes and ears of justice-State has a definite role to play in protecting
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