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Calcutta HC: Testimony of Sole Eyewitness Cannot be Ignored on Unreliability(03.02.2022)

Calcutta High Court has held that the testimony of a sole eyewitness with respect to an accused cannot be ignored solely because her evidence with res.....

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SC: Quality And Not Quantity of Witness Matters(16.02.2023)

Supreme Court while affirming conviction and sentence of four persons in murder case based on solitary eyewitness testimony has observed that it is no.....

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Kerala HC: Eyewitness' Politics Not a Bar for Accepting Testimony(07.09.2016)

Kerala HC has said that even if witnesses to a crime belong to a political faction that is opposed to the accused, their testimonies need not be disca.....

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Eyewitness Account Outweighs Motive in Settling a Criminal Case: Hyderabad High Court(18.06.2018)

Hyderabad High Court has held that in an incident of attack, absence of motive may not be fatal to the case of the prosecution if it is proved beyond .....

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Allahabad HC: Accused Acquitted for Major Contradictions in Statements of Eyewitness(30.07.2024)

Allahabad High Court has acquitted three accused who were sentenced to life imprisonment for committing the offence of murder on the ground that ther.....

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P&H HC: Eyewitness Account Not Credible if Eyewitness Directly Identifies Accused in Court(21.11.2024)

P&H High Court while acquitting a convict of murder case, has stated that eyewitness account who is not known to the accused is not be considered cred.....

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