Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 1860 – ss. 302 r/w s.149 and s.148 Penal Code |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 302 r/w s.149, and s.148 – Murder – Conviction of accused-appellants on basis of sole testimony of PW6 – High Court found PW6 to be in the category of a witness who was “neither wholly reliable nor wholly unreliable”, and upheld conviction seeking corroboration from post-mortem report – Conviction of appellants – Challenged, on ground that PW6 fell in the category of a “wholly unreliable” witness – Held: From evidence of PW3 and PW4 which was fully corroborated by evidence of DW3 and DW4, it was clear that PW6 could not have witnessed the incident – Evidence of PW6 would fall in the category of “wholly unreliable” witness – As such, no conviction could be based solely on his testimony – Corroboration sought by High Court from the medical evidence was not justified – Medical evidence could only establish that the death was homicidal – However, it could not have been used to corroborate the version of PW6 that he had witnessed the incident – Prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt and as such, accused-appellants entitled to be given the benefit of doubt – Appellants accordingly acquitted. Criminal Trial – Witnesses – Categories of witnesses – Held: Witnesses are of three types, viz., (a) wholly reliable; (b) wholly unreliable; and (c) neither wholly reliable nor wholly unreliable – When the witness is “wholly reliable”, the Court should not have any difficulty inasmuch as conviction or acquittal can be based on the testimony of such single witness – Equally, if the Court finds that the witness is “wholly unreliable”, there would be no difficulty inasmuch as neither conviction nor acquittal can be based on the testimony of such witness – It is only in the third category of witnesses that the Court has to be circumspect and has to look for corroboration in material particulars by reliable testimony, direct or circumstantial.Criminal Trial – Motive – Only because motive is established, the conviction cannot be sustained. Criminal Trial – Witness – Defence witness vis-a-vis prosecution witness – Held: Same treatment is required to be given to the defence witness(es) as is to be given to the prosecution witness(es). |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai |
Neutral Citation | 2022 INSC 637 |
Petitioner | Mahendra Singh And Ors. |
Respondent | State Of M.p. |
SCR | [2022] 6 S.C.R. 737 |
Judgement Date | 2022-06-03 |
Case Number | 764 |
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