https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311926 Testimony of interested trap witnesses must be scrutinised with great caution, and a conviction cannot safely rest on such evidence without dependable independent corroboration of demand, payment and recovery. A witness who is declared hostile does not lose all evidentiary value, but only the credible part of his testimony may be used; isolated, discredited answers and previous police statements cannot serve as substantive corroboration. An accused's silence when confronted with a bribery allegation, or the detention of a complainant, is not by itself reliable proof of guilt where innocent explanations remain plausible. en-us Tue, 30 Sep 1975 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:18:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311926 Testimony of interested trap witnesses must be scrutinised with great caution, and a conviction cannot safely rest on such evidence without dependable independent corroboration of demand, payment and recovery. A witness who is declared hostile does not lose all evidentiary value, but only the credible part of his testimony may be used; isolated, discredited answers and previous police statements cannot serve as substantive corroboration. An accused's silence when confronted with a bribery allegation, or the detention of a complainant, is not by itself reliable proof of guilt where innocent explanations remain plausible. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 30 Sep 1975 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311926