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Ravasaheb @ Ravasahebgouda Etc. v. State of Karnataka

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Bench B.R. Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 16 March 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid background, submissions advanced, law appreciated and analysed we find the present appeals to be lacking in merit and therefore, the same are dismissed.

Judgment, page 16

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Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Victim was murdered – The trial court and the High Court, despite most of the prosecution witnesses turning hostile, found the prosecution case to be established beyond reasonable doubt through the unrefuted testimony of PW-1 and convicted the accused persons – The only point for consideration on appeal was, whether eight men can be convicted based on the testimony of a solitary witness, who was the only eyewitness to the crime – Held: Presence of the accused on the spot is not disputed by anyone – Witness, despite being cross-examined extensively, is consistent in…

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