Supreme Court of India

Deepak Kumar v. Ravi Virmani and Anr.

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Reported as [2002] 1 S.C.R. 786
Bench Umesh C. Banerjee and K.G. Balakrishnan JJ.
Decided 1 February 2002

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Criminal Trial: Murder case-Examination of witnesses-Trustworthiness-Witnesses though interested can be relied upon provided the evidence available on record leads to the guilt of the accused-Independent witness-Availability or non­ availability needs to be recorded-Reason has to be furnished for non­ examination of independent witnesses. Appreciation of Evidence-Article 136-ln the event of winks of doubt, the Court in the interest of justice, can re-appraise evidence before recording its concurrence with the findings, challenged in the appeal under Article 1 36 of the Constitution-Held,

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