Supreme Court of India

Ashwani Kumar @ Ashu & Anr. v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2015] 3 S.C.R. 1039
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 16 April 2015

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We are of the view that if the witnesses are trustworthy and reliable, the mere fact that no test identification parade was conducted, itself, would not be a reason for discarding F the evidence of those witnesses

Judgment, page 19

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 36413021307 fW s. 120 - Murder and kidnapping - Prosecution case that accused hatched a conspiracy and committed murder of the victim­ wife and caused injuries to the prosecution witness- · husband - Allegation that the marriage of the parties was 0 not to the liking of the mother and maternal uncle of the victim - Trial court convicted seven out of the eleven charged and acquitted four of them - High Court acquitted three more, however, upheld the order of conviction and sentence of the appellants-AS, AK, JS and OS uls. 3021 3641307 rw s. 120 - On appeal, held: All the

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