Supreme Court of India
Nagaraj Reddy v. State of Tamil Nadu
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We are of the considered opinion that the conviction could not have been based solely on the testimony of Narayanappa (PW-1), without corroboration of his testimony.
Judgment, page 7
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Issue for consideration: Concurrent conviction of the appellant- accused No.1 for off ences punishable u/ss.302, 341 IPC primarily on the basis of evidence of PW-1, an interested witness, if justifi ed. Evidence – Interested witness – Previous enmity – Conviction based solely on the testimony of interested witness, without corroboration of such testimony – Legality: Held: PW-1 is an interested witness, being the brother of the deceased – He admitted that there existed previous enmity between the parties wherein the deceased and his wife-PW-3 were injured after a scuffl e between the parties and…
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