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corroboration for dying declaration
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

NRJ Series | Corroboration for dying declaration cannot be provided by a person who himself cannot be relied on without corroboration [(1954) 2 SCC 208]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on corroboration for dying declaration, dating back to the year 1954.

Published on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024By Simranjeet
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related eyewitness
Cases ReportedNever Reported Judgments

NRJ Series| Evidence of related eyewitness can be accepted without corroboration [(1953) 2 SCC 604]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on related eyewitness, dating back to the year 1953.

Published on August 18, 2024August 18, 2024By Simranjeet
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judgment on section 118 of evidence act
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Section 118 of Evidence Act | Child witness easily susceptible to tutoring; corroborating testimony not a rule but a measure of caution and prudence: Supreme Court

Supreme Court did not deem it safe to base the conviction only on the testimony of child witness which did not inspire confidence and acquitted the appellant.

Published on July 12, 2023July 12, 2023By Ridhi
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Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court upheld life term of six murder convicts who shot a man dead in personal enmity

The Delhi HIgh Court opined that eyewitness running away and hiding at the time of firing and then coming for the rescue of the deceased is not unnatural as self-preservation is the first instinct of a human being.

Published on March 25, 2023April 3, 2023By Simranjeet
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Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court upholds 12-year imprisonment awarded to father guilty of raping his minor daughter

    Delhi High Court: In an appeal challenging the order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge convicting the Father (Appellant) under

Published on November 19, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

SL CoA | Can a conviction stand solely on the uncorroborated testimony of the complainant? Court clarifies

Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Division Bench of Devika Abeyratne and P.  Kumararatnam, JJ., allowed

Published on December 24, 2021January 21, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Accused cannot be convicted for conspiracy only on the basis of co-accused’s confession: SC

“A few bits here and a few bits there on which prosecution relies, cannot be held to be adequate for connecting the accused with the commission of crime of criminal conspiracy.”

Published on December 9, 2021December 10, 2021By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Is making false allegation of impotency by wife against husband a ground for decree of divorce? Court determines

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula, JJ., refused to set aside the order of the trial court granting

Published on November 21, 2020November 24, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

All HC | In rape/sexual assault cases, evidence of the victim alone is sufficient for conviction or corroborative witnesses is a necessity? Explained

Allahabad High Court: Suresh Kumar Gupta, J., while addressing the present jail appeal held that, “…in cases involving sexual assault/rape, it is

Published on September 7, 2020November 30, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Chh HC | Death Sentence in rape and murder of a 5 ½-Year-old deaf and dumb girl confirmed in the category of – “Rarest of Rare Case”

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Prashant Kumar and Gautam Chourdiya, JJ., while addressing the present criminal reference wherein the deceased/victim

Published on February 25, 2020March 20, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Homicidal Death | For a crime to be proved, it is not necessary that it must be seen to have been committed

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Surendra P. Tavade and Ranjit More, JJ., while dealing with a case in regard to

Published on February 13, 2020February 17, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Statement recorded under S. 108 of Customs Act is not reliable in isolation without corroboration by independent witness

Bombay High Court: K.R. Shriram, J., dismissed an appeal filed by the Union of India against the order of the trial court whereby

Published on January 14, 2020January 22, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

SL CoA | Discrepancies that do not go to the root of the matter and assail the basic version of the witness cannot be given too much importance in deciding cases

Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: The Bench of M.M.A. Gaffoor and K.K. Wickremasinghe, JJ. dismissed the appeal of the accused-appellant who

Published on April 20, 2019April 25, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

CoA Tanzania | Corroboration of material witness required for the offence of rape

Court of Appeal of Tanzania: The Bench of K.M. Mussa, S.A. Lila and R.K.Mkuye, JJ., decided in an appeal concerning the conviction

Published on March 14, 2019April 4, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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High Courts

Question regarding correction of date of birth in Matriculation Certificate, discussed

Punjab and Haryana High Court:  Denouncing the tendency of the people to give older date of birth in the matriculation examination to

Published on June 2, 2015October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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