https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280246 Conviction for alleged unlawful arms possession was held unsafe where the search and recovery evidence rested on unreliable panch witnesses and lacked independent corroboration. The Court found serious inconsistencies in the presence, identity and conduct of the panch witnesses, including false address details and close association with police, which undermined the claim of a valid search by respectable independent inhabitants. In these circumstances, police testimony alone was insufficient to sustain the prosecution, especially given the stringent consequences of the charge. The appellants were given the benefit of doubt and the conviction and sentence were set aside. en-us Fri, 12 May 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 May 2026 13:14:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280246 Conviction for alleged unlawful arms possession was held unsafe where the search and recovery evidence rested on unreliable panch witnesses and lacked independent corroboration. The Court found serious inconsistencies in the presence, identity and conduct of the panch witnesses, including false address details and close association with police, which undermined the claim of a valid search by respectable independent inhabitants. In these circumstances, police testimony alone was insufficient to sustain the prosecution, especially given the stringent consequences of the charge. The appellants were given the benefit of doubt and the conviction and sentence were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 May 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280246