Supreme Court of India
Siddanki Ram Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh
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In the result, we allow this appeal and set-aside the impugned judgments of the High Court and the trial court and direct that the appellant, who is in custody, be released forthwith if not required in any other case.
Judgment, page 16
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Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Murder - Conviction by courts below - c Interference with - HELD: When evidence produced by prosecution neither has quality nor credibility, it would be unsafe to rest conviction upon such evidence, and judgments of courts below will have to be interfered with - In the instant case, trial court and High Court mechanically relied upon the prosecution evidence that it was the appellant who had attacked the deceased in court premises, without appreciating that it was unsafe to rest conviction upon the evidence of the witnesses with regard to the identification of the
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