Supreme Court of India

Bathula Nagamalleswara Rao & Ors. v. State Rep. by Public Prosecutor

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Reported as [2008] 6 S.C.R. 829
Decided 22 April 2008

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In the result, there is no merit in this appeal and it is, accordingly, dismissed.

Judgment, page 28

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Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 r. w. s. 149 ands. 429- Conviction under, based on evidence of eye witnesses - High Court disbelieved testimony of PW-3 in regard to presence of -4 to c -9 at scene of occurrence and their participation in commission of crime and granted benefit of doubt- Conviction of appellants ( -1, -2, -10 to -12), however upheld relying upon same set of evidence of PW-3 - Challenged on the ground that PW-3 was interested witness and thus framed appellants in false case - Held: Presence of PW-3 on scene J; of occurrence fully established by evidence of PW-1 and PW- 2 and his name

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