1973 (10) TMI 61

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....ced to two years' rigorous imprisonment by a Magistrate 1st Class, Bhind, in Madhya Pradesh. He was found in unlicensed possession of 20 live cartridges of mark three and 39 live cartridges of "mouzer" type during the night between 12th and 13th October 1968 at Village Kishorsingh-Ka-Pura in Behad. Learned Sessions' Judge of Bhind dismissed his appeal with the observation "Such crimes conn....

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....), who are police officers. The mere fact that they are police officers was not enough to discard their evidence. No reason was shown for their hostility to the appellant. 3. The only question which seems to deserve some consideration is that the Sessions Judge, as the final Court of facts, had taken into account the alleged connection of the appellant with the dacoits which is completely unsup....