Supreme Court of India

Surendra Singh Rautela @ Surendra Singh Bengali v. State of Bihar (now State of Jharkahand)

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 340
Bench M.B. Shah and B.N. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 27 November 2001

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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

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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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