Supreme Court of India

State of Gujarat v. Raghunath Vamanrao Baxi

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Reported as [1985] 3 S.C.R. 733
Decided 16 April 1985

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Evidence- .ppreciaaon of oral evidence of different witnesses, explained­ Where the oral evielence supported by circumstantial evidence lead 011/y to one possible view of guilt and no two views were reasonably possible, the accused must be held guilty of the offence charged-Trap witnesses, evidentiary value of-­ Sentence-When the statute prescribes a n1inim11m sentence. the fact that t/Je offence was committed long back or that the accused retired from service will he of no avail. The Respondent was an Income Tax omccr. He was tried aad cocvic .. ted of the offences under section 161 Indian

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