Supreme Court of India

Major R.S. Budhwar v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 528
Bench Dr. A.S. Anand and M.K. Mukherjee JJ.
Decided 8 May 1996

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In view of the above testimony of P.W. 10 it carmot at all be said that he did not support the charge levelled against the appellant.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Criminal law : Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302 and 109 r/w S.34-Murda-Abetment to commh-Ac­ complices supported charge levelled against accused-Evidence of ac­ complices corroborated by circumstantial evidence-Value of accomplices' evidence-Properly explained by Judge-Advocate to General Court Ma1tial with reference to Ss 133 and 114 III. (b) of the Evidence Act, 1872---lnspite of such explanation GCM found accused guilty-Held : finding of GCM not pervei~e-Case of 'sufficient evidence'-Conviction maintained-Evidence Act, 1872, Ss 133 and 114 III.(b)--Am1y Act, 1950, Ss 69 and 164(1) and (2).

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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