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2025 Supreme(Online)(Pat) 1812

PATNA HIGH COURT
Mr. Chandra Shekhar Jha, J
Narmadeshwar Tiwary @ Buchkun Tiwary – Appellant
Versus
State Of Bihar – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Amit Kr. Maharaj, Amicus Curiae
For the Respondents: Mrs. Anita Kumari Singh, APP

Table of Content
1. details of conviction appeal and trial background. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. arguments highlighted about evidence reliability. (Para 12 , 13)
3. prosecution's reliance on victim's testimony. (Para 15 , 17)
4. court's thorough analysis of testimonies. (Para 18 , 19 , 20)
5. lack of corroborating evidence for conviction. (Para 21 , 22 , 23 , 24)
6. legal standards for evaluating witness credibility. (Para 25 , 26 , 27 , 28)
7. conclusion - set aside conviction and acquittal. (Para 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35)

ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 06-12-2025

Mr. Amit Kumar Maharaj, learned counsel present in court at the time of hearing agreed to assist this Court as amicus and, therefore, this Court appointed Mr. Amit Kumar Maharaj, as an Amicus Curiae to assist in disposal of present appeal.

2. The present appeal has been preferred by the appellant-convict under Section-374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Code’) challenging the impugned judgment of conviction dated 20.04.2004 and order of sentence dated 24.04.2004 passed by court of learned Addl. Sessions Judge, (Fast-Track) Court No. 5, East Champaran, Motihari in Sessions Trial No. 128 of 1989/

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