Supreme Court of India

Nagaraj Reddy v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [2023] 14 S.C.R. 457
Bench B. R. Gavai and Vikram Nath JJ.
Decided 21 March 2023

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Issue for consideration: Concurrent conviction of the appellant- accused No.1 for off ences punishable u/ss.302, 341 IPC primarily on the basis of evidence of PW-1, an interested witness, if justifi ed. Evidence – Interested witness – Previous enmity – Conviction based solely on the testimony of interested witness, without corroboration of such testimony – Legality: Held: PW-1 is an interested witness, being the brother o f the deceased – He admitted that there existed previous enmi ty between the parties wherein the deceased and his wife-PW-3 were injured after a scuffl e between the parties and

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