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Conviction in Rape Cases on the basis of sole testimony of the Prosecutrix, not allowed

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The Supreme Court has held that the conviction of an accused in Rape Cases cannot be done on the basis of sole testimony of the Prosecutrix unless she passes the test of “Sterling Witness”. The Judgment rendered by a Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan & M.R. Shah has held that in order to convict an accused on the basis of solitary evidence of the Prosecutrix, the evidence mRead More…

Conviction purely on Statement of Co-accused?

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In the absence of any substantive evidence, it would be inappropriate to base the conviction of the appellant purely on the statements of co-accused. The Supreme Court has reiterated that confession of a co-accused cannot by itself be taken as a substantive piece of evidence against another co-accused in the absence of specific provision in law to that effect. It can at best be used or utilized iRead More…