Supreme Court of India

Main Pal and Anr. v. State of Haryana and Ors.

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Reported as [2004] 3 S.C.R. 768
Bench Doraiswamy Raju J.
Decided 5 April 2004

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Penal Code, 1860/ Arms Act, 1959-Section 302/Sections 25 and 27- Murder-Prosecution-Eye-witnesses-Recovery of fire arms at the behest of c accused-FIR promptly lodged-Presence of motive- Acquittal by Trial Court-Conviction by High Court after re-appreciation of evidence-On appeal, held: Conviction was justified-Acquittal granted by Trial Court was unreasoned and without critically and objectively analyzing the evidence. Criminal Trial: Related witness-Reliability on-Held: such witness can be relied upon, \- if found to be truthful and credible after deep scrutiny. Opinionative Evidence of

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