Supreme Court of India

Maloth Somaraju v. State of Ap.

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Reported as [2011] 10 S.C.R. 349
Decided 17 August 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that E Heeramani (PW-1) ·is a completely reliable witness.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Accused alleged to have committed murder of his elder brother by inflicting fatal injuries by axe at night - Acquittal by trial court - However, · conviction and sentence u/s. 302 by High Court - On appeal, held: Trial court got swayed away by the so-called irrelevant suspicious circumstances which resulted into the acquittal of the accusec - High Court dealt with all the other aspects in detail and also considered the evidence without being influenced by all the irrelevant and imaginary suspicious circumstances - PW 1 (wife of deceased) was a truthful and reliable

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