Supreme Court of India

Khambam Raja Reddy and Anr. v. Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 446
Bench A.K. Mathur and Al Tamas Kablr JJ.
Decided 21 September 2006

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Criminal trial-Medical evidence not borne out by ocular evidence­ Conviction of accused based on ocular evidence--Correctness of-Held- Court has discretion to reject ocular evidence it is not possible to relate injuries with circumstances in which they were said to have been inflicted­ On facts, held in absence of an}' depressed injury and bleeding fi"om the nose and ears of deceased, evidence of prosecution witness that heavy stone dropped on deceased's head causing his death could not be given credence­ It was highly improbable since defence of accused that he could not have done so as he

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