Search Results for Tag : Reliable

Judgments

Court cannot rely on unreliable witness to convict one and acquit another(03.03.2016)

An undependable and unreliable witness’s testimony cannot be split to grant benefit to some co-accused in the crime, while maintaining conviction of a.....

Tags : Unreliable witness, split testimony, acquittal

News

SC: Testimony of Hostile Witness Can be Considered to Convict Accused(16.12.2022)

Supreme Court Constitution bench while observing that witness turning hostile does not result in automatic rejection of evidence has held that there i.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Constitution bench, Hostile Witness, Reliable Evidence

Mad HC: Test Sample Becomes Unreliable if Time Limit Prescribed Under Statute is Not Adhered to(20.02.2023)

Madras High Court has observed that object of prescribing time limit to send sample for analysis and get test results in a prescribed time is to see t.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Test Sample, Time Limit, Unreliable

SC: Testimony of a Wholly Unreliable Witness Cannot be Relied Upon for Conviction(08.06.2022)

Supreme Court has held that if the Court finds that a witness is wholly unreliable, neither conviction nor acquittal can be based on the testimony.

Tags : Supreme Court, Testimony, Unreliable

SC: In Presence of Direct Reliable Witness, Non-Recovery of Weapon Won’t Affect Prosecution’s Case(13.01.2025)

Supreme Court has observed that if direct reliable witnesses are present, non- recovery of weapon used in the crime will not be fatal for the prosecut.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Direct Reliable Witnesses, Non-Recovery

Allahabad HC: Weapon's Recovery From Place in Exclusive Knowledge of Accused Makes Recovery Reliable(08.08.2022)

Allahabad High Court has held that if the place of hiding the weapon is exclusively within the knowledge of the accused and that place cannot be or is.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Weapon Recovery, Reliable

Supreme Court: TIP is Unreliable if the Witness Saw the Accused Beforehand(20.11.2025)

Supreme Court acquitted a man accused of killing an elderly man during a robbery, holding that the sole eyewitness’s identification made eight years l.....

Tags : Unreliable, Witness, Accused

Supreme Court: Criminal Proceedings Can be Quashed if Reliable Evidence Disproves Allegations(07.04.2026)

Supreme Court held that if credible, unimpeachable material undermines the complaint and the prosecution fails to rebut it, the Court is justified in .....

Tags : Criminal Proceedings, Quashed, Reliable