Supreme Court of India

Yakub Ismailbhai Patel v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 978
Bench K.G. Balakrishnan and Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan JJ.
Decided 31 August 2004

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In view of the above judgments and of the facts stated above, submitted that the statement of PW-2, sole eye-witness fails to meet H the test of 'entire reliability' and, therefore, cannot be the basis for ' '· Y.l.

Judgment, page 15

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Penal Code, 1860-Section 302 read with section 34-Prosecution case that accused persons inflicted injuries on the vital part of deceased which resulted in his death-Conviction and sentence by trial court on basis of evidence-High Court upheld the same-Justification of-Held : Prosecution case Proved beyond reasonable doubt-Evidence of sole eye­ witness wholly reliable and stands corroborated by other circumstances and evidence of other prosecution witness throwing light on the conduct of accused on the day of incident and also blood stained weapon of offence recovered at the instance of

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