https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280565 A witness-date discrepancy was held not fatal where the witnesses consistently identified the same occurrence and the variation in month was treated as a natural mistake in ordinary village testimony. Taking a complainant's cow to secure repayment of a debt was held to involve dishonest intention, because theft under the Penal Code requires dishonest taking and wrongful gain or wrongful loss. Retaining another's property to compel payment was treated as wrongful gain to the taker and wrongful loss to the owner. On that reasoning, the debt-collection motive did not negate theft, and the conviction was sustained. en-us Thu, 07 Jan 1960 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 10 May 2019 16:52:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280565 A witness-date discrepancy was held not fatal where the witnesses consistently identified the same occurrence and the variation in month was treated as a natural mistake in ordinary village testimony. Taking a complainant's cow to secure repayment of a debt was held to involve dishonest intention, because theft under the Penal Code requires dishonest taking and wrongful gain or wrongful loss. Retaining another's property to compel payment was treated as wrongful gain to the taker and wrongful loss to the owner. On that reasoning, the debt-collection motive did not negate theft, and the conviction was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 07 Jan 1960 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280565