https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184098 Accomplice testimony could not sustain the alleged conspiracies at Calicut and Tellicherry because the supposed corroboration from independent witnesses was unreliable and did not materially connect the accused with the meetings. The participation of the appellants in the Tellicherry Police Station attack and the dacoity incidents was also not proved, as the first reports did not name the assailants and later court identification without a reliable prior basis was unsafe. By contrast, the Pulpally Wireless Station attack was proved by dependable direct evidence from an injured witness, which corroborated the accomplice version and established entry by breaking doors and windows with common intention; the conviction was accordingly reduced to the lesser offence with a seven-year rigorous imprisonment sentence. en-us Fri, 30 Mar 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:16:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184098 Accomplice testimony could not sustain the alleged conspiracies at Calicut and Tellicherry because the supposed corroboration from independent witnesses was unreliable and did not materially connect the accused with the meetings. The participation of the appellants in the Tellicherry Police Station attack and the dacoity incidents was also not proved, as the first reports did not name the assailants and later court identification without a reliable prior basis was unsafe. By contrast, the Pulpally Wireless Station attack was proved by dependable direct evidence from an injured witness, which corroborated the accomplice version and established entry by breaking doors and windows with common intention; the conviction was accordingly reduced to the lesser offence with a seven-year rigorous imprisonment sentence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 30 Mar 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184098