https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=154150 Prompt first information report, medical evidence fixing the time of death, and surrounding circumstances were treated as strong corroboration for consistent eyewitness testimony in a murder prosecution. Minor discrepancies on collateral matters, or the witnesses' relationship with the deceased and past antecedents, were held insufficient to discard their evidence when the core prosecution version remained intact. The acquittal was therefore reversed only for the accused against whom participation was independently supported by the recovery of the rifle and ballistic linkage to the empty cartridge, while the absence of motive and adequate corroboration for the remaining accused justified maintaining their acquittal. en-us Thu, 15 Jan 1981 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 14:08:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=154150 Prompt first information report, medical evidence fixing the time of death, and surrounding circumstances were treated as strong corroboration for consistent eyewitness testimony in a murder prosecution. Minor discrepancies on collateral matters, or the witnesses' relationship with the deceased and past antecedents, were held insufficient to discard their evidence when the core prosecution version remained intact. The acquittal was therefore reversed only for the accused against whom participation was independently supported by the recovery of the rifle and ballistic linkage to the empty cartridge, while the absence of motive and adequate corroboration for the remaining accused justified maintaining their acquittal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Jan 1981 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=154150