Supreme Court of India

Lallu Manjhi and Anr. v. State of Jharkhand

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Reported as [2003] 1 S.C.R. 1
Bench R.C. Lahoti and Brijesh Kumar JJ.
Decided 7 January 2003

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860-Ss. 147 and 3021149-Murder-Prosecutiorr-Sole eye witness-Improvement of his testimony during trial-Non-corroboration by medical evidence-Infirmities in investigation-Conviction by courts below- On appeal, held-Conviction not justified on the basis of evidence available. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-8.313-Statement of accused­ Recording of-Role of trial court-Held, it is obligatory on the part of trial court to examine the accused for the purpose of enabling him to personally explain the circumstances appearing against him-In absence of such opportunity prosecution

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 not applicable

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