Supreme Court of India

Surendra Paswan v. State of Jharkhand

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 321
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 28 November 2003

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Criminal Trial: Eye witnesses had seen bullet fired by the accused on the deceased­ Later on, a bullet was found embodied in the dead body of the deceased- Bullet not sent for chemical examination-Whether fatal to the prosecution case-Held, no-When the evidence given by the eyewitnesses are credible, cogent and trustworthy, merely because the bullet was not sent for ballistic examination, it would not outweigh the testimonial worth of the eyewitness. Minor injuries on the body of the accused in the same occurrence- Medical evidence not brought before the court-Whether fatal-No-It is not an

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