https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171426 A solitary eyewitness account was treated as unsafe where material witnesses were not examined, the witness's presence at the scene was doubtful from the surrounding record, and independent corroboration was absent. The prosecution's failure to produce the persons said to have seen the and taken the deceased to hospital left the case without reliable support. The text also states that Section 138 of the Indian Evidence Act requires examination-in-chief before cross-examination, so treating material witnesses as tendered only for cross-examination was impermissible. The absence of ballistic examination of the recovered cartridge and pistol further weakened the link evidence. en-us Tue, 28 Mar 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:18:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171426 A solitary eyewitness account was treated as unsafe where material witnesses were not examined, the witness's presence at the scene was doubtful from the surrounding record, and independent corroboration was absent. The prosecution's failure to produce the persons said to have seen the and taken the deceased to hospital left the case without reliable support. The text also states that Section 138 of the Indian Evidence Act requires examination-in-chief before cross-examination, so treating material witnesses as tendered only for cross-examination was impermissible. The absence of ballistic examination of the recovered cartridge and pistol further weakened the link evidence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Mar 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171426