Supreme Court of India
Joseph v. State of Kerala
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From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: Ss. 34, 302, 307 & 341: Murder-Acquittal of one of the accused by Trial Court-High Court convicting that accused-Correctness of-Held, since Trial Court had given cogent reasons while acquitting the accused, High Court ought not to have interfered with the same merely because another opinion is possibl~. Evidence Act, 1872; Section 134: Testimony of Sole eye-witness-Reliance thereupon-Held, evidence of such witness could be accepted if it corroborates with the evidence of other witnesses/other evidence on record-Conviction could be recorded on the evidence of solitary eye
Where later benches applied it
- 2018 State of Maharashtra v. Dinesh
- 2015 State of U.P. v. Satveer & Ors.
- 2012 Govindaraju@ Govinda v. State by Sriramapuram P.S. & Anr.
- 2012 Ramnaresh & Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh
- 2017 M. G. Eshwarappa and Others v. State of Karnataka
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 2 referred to
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