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Supreme Court of India

Vadivelu Thevar v. The State of Madras

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Bench Jagannadhadas, B. P. Sinha and P.B. Gajendragadkar JJ.
Decided 12 April 1957

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid, both the appeals fail and are dismissed.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Murder—Conviction on the testimony of a single witness—Propriety—Capital sentence, if appropriate—Extenuating circumstance—Indian Evidence Act (I of 1872), s. 134. The appellants were charged with murder and convicted on the sole testimony of a witness. The first appellant was sentenced to death and the second to five years' rigorous imprisonment. It was contended for them, inter alia, that the conviction and sentences should not be upheld because in a case involving a charge of murder—the court should not, on the ground of prudence, convict an accused person upon the testimony of a single witness, and, in any case, impose the extreme penalty of law.

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Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 67 mentioned

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