Supreme Court of India
The State of Bihar v. Ram Padarath Singh & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the High Court committed a grave error in not accepting the evidence of eye witness Biso Kunwar on the grounds that his name did not appear as an eye witness in the FIR and that his evidence stood contradicted by the medical evidence.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
JUDGMENT: J U M N T NANAVATI. J. Both these appeals are filed by the State of Bihar against the common judgment of the Patna High Court in death Reference No.7 of 1987 and Criminal Appeal No. 407 of 1987. The High Court rejected the reference, allowed the appeal filed by the convicted accused and acquitted them. The prosecution case as that on 29.1.86, subhash Kunwar (informant) and his brother Rambilas @ Boudhu (deceased) and Mangal (deceased) left village Basudevpur in the morning for going to Begusarai.
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