Search Results for Tag : Unreliable

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.....

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News

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

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.

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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