Supreme Court of India
Sat Pal v. Delhi Administration
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons we would allow this appeal, accord the benefit of doubt to the appellant and acquit him of the charge levelled against him.
Judgment, page 21
From the headnote
Evidence-Trap witnesses and witnesses with bad antecedents-Necessity jor corroboration by independent evidence. Evidence Act (1 of 1872) ss. 8 and 154-'Hostile' witness-Weight of evidence of-Silence as conduct. Code of Criminal Procedure (Act 5 of 1898) s. 162-Statements recorded during investigation-Use of. The appellant, an Assistant Sub Inspector, attached to the railway station, was convicted under s. 5(2) read with s. 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corrup tion Act, 1947, and s. 161, l.P. . The evidence against him was that the arrested P.W. 1, took away Rs. 30/. from him and demanded an
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Essa@ Anjum Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Stf, Cbi Mumbai, Part-ii
- 2012 Attar Singh v. State of Maharashtra
- 2025 K.P. Tamilmaran v. The State by Deputy Superintendent of Police
- 2022 Neeraj Dutta v. State (govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi)
- 2015 Vinod Kumar v. State of Punjab
- 2014 Hardeep Singh v. State of Punjab & Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to
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