Supreme Court of India
Narendrasinh Keshubhai Zala v. State of Gujarat
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that this is one such case fit for exercising the powers entrusted to us as a duty under Article 136 of the Constitution in lite of principles enunciated in:Ramaphupala Reddy v.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302/34 – Arms Act, 1959 – ss. 25(1) , 27(2) – Acquittal of accused – Appellant was accused of having committed the murder of the victim-deceased by shooting at him while he was sitting on a Nala with PW-3 – FIR was lodged and the charge-sheet was filed and the appellant was put on trial – Trial Court convicted the appellant on the testimony of the sole eye-witness (PW-3) and such conviction was upheld by the High Court – On appeal, held: In the case of a sole eye witness, the witness has to be reliable, trustworthy, his testimony worthy of credence and the case proven…
Authorities it was built on
- 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra
- 1983 Bharwada Bhoginbhai Hirjibhai v. State of Gujarat
- 2011 Krishan Kumar Malik v. State of Haryana
- 1993 Anil Phukan v. State of Assam
- 1975 State Insurance Corporation and Anr. v. Tata Engineering & Co, Locomotive Co. Ltd.
- 2003 Chaudhari Ramji Bhai Narasangbhai v. State of Gujarat and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Nimai Ghosh & Ors. v. The State of Bihar (now Jharkhand)
- 2024 Vinod Jaswantray Vyas (dead) through Lrs. v. The State of Gujarat
- 2025 Abdul Wahid & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan
- 2023 Harvinder Singh @ Bachhu v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned
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