Supreme Court of India

Narain and Two Others v. The State of Punjab

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Reported as [1959] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 724
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar and A.K. Sarkar JJ.
Decided 4 December 1958

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Criminal Trial-Material witness, who is-Failure to examine -Effect of-If amounts to rejection of evidence-Indian Evidence Act, r87z (I of r87z), s. r67. Several persons attacked and seriously injured one M. After assaulting him the assailants were carrying him away when M's brother R came to rescue him and in self defence shot dead one of the assailants and carried M away. For the assault on M eight persons, including the appellants, were tried for offences under (1) (1862) .P. u . .N.S. 16x; (1862) 133 R.R. 311. (1) S. .R. SUPREME COURT REPORTS 721$ I ss. 148, 307 and 364 both read with ss.

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