https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309791 The Court held that a prosecution case based on direct eye-witness testimony should not be rejected on minor discrepancies or collateral inconsistencies when the core version remains consistent and is substantially supported by medical evidence and surrounding circumstances. The reasons relied on to discard the witnesses, including the timing of the occurrence, cow-dung on the deceased's hands, alleged inconsistency about despatch of the body, and the supposed improbability of the weapon used, were found insufficient to discredit the testimony. The acquittal was therefore set aside and the trial court's convictions for murder and causing hurt were restored. en-us Fri, 24 Oct 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:08:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309791 The Court held that a prosecution case based on direct eye-witness testimony should not be rejected on minor discrepancies or collateral inconsistencies when the core version remains consistent and is substantially supported by medical evidence and surrounding circumstances. The reasons relied on to discard the witnesses, including the timing of the occurrence, cow-dung on the deceased's hands, alleged inconsistency about despatch of the body, and the supposed improbability of the weapon used, were found insufficient to discredit the testimony. The acquittal was therefore set aside and the trial court's convictions for murder and causing hurt were restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 24 Oct 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309791