https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312718 Hostile or court-witness testimony need not be accepted in fragments on the same issue, and may be excluded where cross-examination is used only to discredit that witness on the central facts. A reliable dying declaration, supported by credible corroborative eyewitness evidence, was held sufficient to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused inflicted the fatal spear injury. However, the surrounding quarrel and provocation brought the facts within the first exception to murder, so the conviction was reduced from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder. en-us Fri, 13 Oct 1922 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:34:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312718 Hostile or court-witness testimony need not be accepted in fragments on the same issue, and may be excluded where cross-examination is used only to discredit that witness on the central facts. A reliable dying declaration, supported by credible corroborative eyewitness evidence, was held sufficient to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused inflicted the fatal spear injury. However, the surrounding quarrel and provocation brought the facts within the first exception to murder, so the conviction was reduced from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 13 Oct 1922 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312718