Supreme Court of India

Mahendra Singh and Ors. v. State of M.P.

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Reported as [2022] 6 S.C.R. 737
Bench B. R. Gavai and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 3 June 2022

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Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 r/w s.149, and s.148 – Murder – Conviction of accused-appellants on basis of sole testimony o f PW6 – High Court found PW6 to be in the category of a witness who was “neither wholly reliable nor wholly unreliable”, an d upheld conviction seeking corroboration from post-mortem r eport – Conviction of appellants – Challenged, on ground that PW6 fel l in the category of a “wholly unreliable” witness – Held: Fr om evidence of PW3 and PW4 which was fully corroborated by evidence of DW3 and DW4, it was clear that PW6 could not have witnessed the incident – Evidence of PW6

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