Supreme Court of India
Dhirajbhai Gorakhbhai Nayak v. State of Gujarat
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Penal Code, 1860: Section 300 Exceptions I and 4 and Section 3021 Criminal Trial: Murder-Deceased succumbed to injuries inflicted by the accused Trial Court convicted and sentenced him to life imprisonment-Affirmed by the High Court-On appeal, Held: Merely because name of one of the prosecution witnesses/eye witnesses did not figure in the FIR though it was lodged immediately after commission of the crime, that is not a suspicious circumstance-Besides, psychic trauma/mental condition of witnesses and the close relatives of the deceased, can not be lost sight of-Testimony of the witnesses
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 The State of Uttarakhand v. Sachendra Singh Rawat
- 2020 Stalin v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police
- 2018 State of Rajasthan v. Leela Ram @ Leela Dhar
Of those, 3 relied on
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