Supreme Court of India

Ram Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2008] 14 S.C.R. 358
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat An.D J.M. Panchal J.
Decided 13 October 2008

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Criminal trial: ... Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 302, 452 and 504:· c Murder - Trial Court found accused persons guilty of · committing offence of murder relying on testimony of relative eye-witnesses and convicted them - Affirmed by High Court - Correctness of - Held: Relationship is not a factor to affect· credibility of a witness - In the instant case, the ground that the witness being close relative, thus, partisan witness and should not be relied upon, has no substance - Presence of PWs 2 and 3, wife and son of the deceased, at the spot is . quite natural as occurrence took place inside the

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