https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189554 Non-explanation of injuries on the accused does not by itself discredit prosecution evidence, especially where injured eyewitnesses give clear and trustworthy accounts; failure to examine independent witnesses is also not decisive if their evidence would only be cumulative. A private-defence claim must be tested against the place and manner of occurrence, and injuries on the accused do not automatically establish defensive action. In assessing liability, the weapon used, the nature of the injury and the medical evidence control the classification: dagger injuries sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death support murder, while a sudden-fight knife injury may fall within culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and a proved stick blow causing fracture supports grievous hurt. en-us Wed, 02 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 23 Sep 2017 10:05:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189554 Non-explanation of injuries on the accused does not by itself discredit prosecution evidence, especially where injured eyewitnesses give clear and trustworthy accounts; failure to examine independent witnesses is also not decisive if their evidence would only be cumulative. A private-defence claim must be tested against the place and manner of occurrence, and injuries on the accused do not automatically establish defensive action. In assessing liability, the weapon used, the nature of the injury and the medical evidence control the classification: dagger injuries sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death support murder, while a sudden-fight knife injury may fall within culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and a proved stick blow causing fracture supports grievous hurt. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 02 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189554