Supreme Court of India
Surendra Singh Rautela @ Surendra Singh Bengali v. State of Bihar (now State of Jharkahand)
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid statement in the first information report, the identifi- H c 348 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. cation of the appellant Mohd.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860/Arms Act, !959-Sections 302 & 307/Section 271( I) and (3 )-Conviction and senetence of accused-Corroboration of the testi mony of the sole eye witnesses-Incident taking place in broad day light-No· improbability in identification of accused-On basis of such evidence convic tion and sentence of accused under sections 302 and 307 upheld. Criminal trial: Testimony ~f sole eye witness-Reliability of-Corroborated by his rela tive and also medical evidence-Held, testimony of such eye witness cannot be rejected mainly because another eye witness had not supported prosecution case
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- 2019 Kumar Ghimirey v. The State of Sikkim
- 2012 State of Punjab v. Dalbir Singh
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