Supreme Court of India
State of U.P. v. Mushtaq Alam
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Penal Code, 1860-s. 302-Murder-Prosecution for-Conviction by trial court in view of evidence of one eye-witness and two other witnesses- c Acquittal by High Court disbelieving the evidence of the witnesses and finding the oral evidence contrary to medical evidence-On appeal, held: Accused rightly acquitted-Reasoning indicated by High Court disbelieving prosecution version does not suffer from infirmity. Evidence-Oral evidence vis-a-vis medical evidence-Evidentiary value-Held: Though oral testimony has to get preference over medical evidence yet, when Medical evidence totally improbablises an
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