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Ravasaheb @ Ravasahebgouda Etc. v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 965
Bench B. R. Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 16 March 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid background, submissions advanced, law appreciated and analysed we find the present appeals to be lacking in merit and therefore, the same are dismissed.

Judgment, page 16

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Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Victim was murdered – The trial court and the High Court, despite most of the prosecution witne sses turning hostile, found the prosecution case to be establishe d beyond reasonable doubt through the unrefuted testimony of PW-1 and convicted the accused persons – The only point for co nsideration on appeal was, whether eight men can be convicted bas ed on the testimony of a solitary witness, who was the only eyewitne ss to the crime – Held: Presence of the accused on the spot is no t disputed by anyone – Witness, despite being cross-examined ex tensively, is

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