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Key Points: - The case concerns murder under IPC 302/34 with three deaths in a single incident and whether conviction can rest on sole eyewitness testimony. (!) - The High Court found infirmities in P.W.1’s evidence due to darkness and lack of reliable identification, and non-examination of an immediate eyewitness, leading to dismissal of the appeal. (!) - The Supreme Court upheld the view that sole eye-witness testimony in darkness, without credible identification, is unreliable and other evidence does not advance the case; appeal dismissed. (!) - Prosecution case relied primarily on P.W.1 and corroboration from P.Ws. 2 and 3 was limited due to timing after the incident. (!) (!) - The judgment discusses the necessity of wholly reliable testimony when the case rests on a solitary eyewitness. (!) - The motive mentioned in the report alleged Balbir Singh’s claim to land as part of the prosecution case. (!) - The appellate decision confirms death sentence reversal by High Court was not warranted on the sole eyewitness basis. (!) - The report cites that there was no clear lighting source (electric bulb) established to identify; darkness undermines identification. (!) - The Supreme Court cites established principle: case rested entirely on sole eyewitness requires wholly reliable testimony; in this case it was not. (!) - Final outcome: Appeal filed by State of Rajasthan dismissed; no change to the High Court’s conclusion. (!)

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