Supreme Court of India
Govind Mandavi v. State of Chattisgarh
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We are of the considered view that a serious doubt arises with respect to the genuineness of the statement given by Smt.
Judgment, page 21
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Issue for Consideration Whether the trial Court as well as the High Court committed grave errors in facts as well as in law while appreciating the evidence available on record and convicting the accused-appellant for the offences alleged u/s.302 r/w. s.34 IPC. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s.34 – Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – s.3(2) (v) – One was killed by masked persons – FIR was registered – perusal of FIR makes it clear that informant-PW-1 was not an eye-witness to the incident; rather, his knowledge of the occurrence was entirely
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