https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180187 Material discrepancies in the testimony of the two police witnesses about the place of recovery of the pistol and the number of cartridges, coupled with the absence of independent corroboration, made the prosecution version unreliable. The Supreme Court also found a serious fairness defect because the complainant, who effected the arrest and filed the complaint, continued the investigation and examined witnesses under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. That overlap was inconsistent with a fair and impartial investigation. On these facts, the conviction and sentence were set aside and the prosecution case was held unsafe for reliance. en-us Thu, 09 Feb 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 13:04:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180187 Material discrepancies in the testimony of the two police witnesses about the place of recovery of the pistol and the number of cartridges, coupled with the absence of independent corroboration, made the prosecution version unreliable. The Supreme Court also found a serious fairness defect because the complainant, who effected the arrest and filed the complaint, continued the investigation and examined witnesses under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. That overlap was inconsistent with a fair and impartial investigation. On these facts, the conviction and sentence were set aside and the prosecution case was held unsafe for reliance. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Feb 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180187