Supreme Court of India

Ram Swaroop v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2008] 5 S.C.R. 484
Bench Arijit Pasayat J.
Decided 25 March 2008

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Penal Code, 1860; S.302: Criminal trial: c Murder - Oral evidence vis-a-vis medical evidence - Testimony of - Accused and his accomplice attacked the deceased with a knife causing bleeding injury - Deceased succumbed to injuries - Fl.R. - Charge-sheet - Trial Court found accused guilty of committing murder of deceased and sentenced him accordingly - Affirmed by High Court - Correctness of - Held: Oral evidence has to get primacy but. .,, medical evidence is basically opinionative - It is only when medical evidence ruled out a injury as claimed to have been inflicted as per oral testimony, the

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