Supreme Court of India
Ronald Wood Mathams v. State of West Bengal.
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Code of Criminal Procedure (Act V of 1898), s. 257-Absence of opportunity to produce defence evidence-Effect of-Court's duty in this respect. If for no fault of the accused reasonable opportunity has not been given to him to adduce his evidence under the imperative provisions of s. 257 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, there is no fair trial ·and the accused cannot be convicted, even though the prosecution evidence by itself may tend to establish a strong case against him. Rules of procedure designed to ensure justice must be scru· pulously observed and Courts should be jealous in
Where later benches applied it
- 2016 Punjab State Warehousing Corp. v. Bhushan Chander & Anr.
- 2000 Arivazhagan v. State, Represented by Inspector of Police
- 1965 Baijnath Gupta and Others v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- 1959 K. Satw Ant Singh v. The State of Punjab
- 1955 Amrik Singh v. The State of Pepsu.
Of those, 5 mentioned
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