Supreme Court of India

Chinnamal v. State of Tamil Nadu and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 927
Bench M.K. Mukherjee and S.P. Kurdukar JJ.
Decided 20 November 1996

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Criminal Law : Statement recorded u!s. 164 Cr. P. . and FIR-Evidentiary value of-Accused prosecuted u/ss, 147, 148,307 and 302 !PC-Conviction by trial court-High Court acquitting the accused on the ground that there were contradictions in the statement of witness recorded u/s. 164 CrPC and the FIR-Held, High Court should have first considered the statements made by witnesses during trial and decide for itself whether those statements should be relied upon in view of their contradictions (if any) with their earlier statements provided those contradictions had been brought on record u/s. 145 of

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