https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462217 A conviction can rest on a truthful sole eye-witness if the account is natural, consistent and materially corroborated by medical and circumstantial evidence; a delayed first information report will not weaken the prosecution where the delay is satisfactorily explained. The proved facts also showed repeated attempts to run down the victims and a final deliberate impact causing death, which supported an inference of intentional infliction of bodily injury with knowledge that death was likely. On that reasoning, the case fell within murder rather than culpable homicide, and the conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code was restored. en-us Tue, 02 Nov 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:29:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462217 A conviction can rest on a truthful sole eye-witness if the account is natural, consistent and materially corroborated by medical and circumstantial evidence; a delayed first information report will not weaken the prosecution where the delay is satisfactorily explained. The proved facts also showed repeated attempts to run down the victims and a final deliberate impact causing death, which supported an inference of intentional infliction of bodily injury with knowledge that death was likely. On that reasoning, the case fell within murder rather than culpable homicide, and the conviction under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code was restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 02 Nov 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462217