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- Hostile Witness Testimony - Main points and insights:
- A witness declared hostile can still provide valuable testimony, especially if they give a graphic, precise account of events witnessed firsthand, which can be corroborated by other evidence (01100038996, 01100073905).
- Even if a witness is declared hostile, their testimony is not automatically rejected; contradictions on some points do not invalidate the entire statement (00400040860).
- The Court can rely on the testimony of a hostile witness to establish guilt if it supports the prosecution's case, and such testimony can be used in conjunction with other evidence, including documentary evidence (01100073905, IND_Delhi_CRLA-741_2008).
- Analysis and Conclusion:
- The legal stance recognizes the evidentiary value of hostile witnesses, particularly when their testimony is corroborated and provides a clear account of the events. Declaring a witness hostile does not render their entire testimony inadmissible; rather, it allows the court to assess the credibility and weight of their statements in the context of the overall evidence (00400040860, 01100073905). This approach ensures that potentially valuable eyewitness accounts are not disregarded solely due to hostility, especially when supported by other corroborative evidence.
Search Results for "364 a Mai Hostile Witness Par Bai Ground"
2014 0 Supreme(Del) 1026 • India - Delhi
GITA MITTAL, J.R.MIDHA
Secondly, where the sole witness is an eyewitness who can give a graphic account of the events which he had witnessed, with some precision cogently and if such a statement is corroborated by other evidence, documentary or otherwise, then such statement in face of the hostile witness can still be a ground ... ... (v) Testimony of a witness declared hostile: Evidentiary value ... 275. It is trite that the testimony of a hostile witness cannot be tre....
2023 0 Supreme(Del) 349 • India - Delhi
J. R. MIDHA, GITA MITTAL
hostile witness can also be relied upon by the Court to the extent it supports the case of the prosecution. ... Secondly, where the sole witness is an eyewitness who can give a graphic account of the events which he had witnessed, with some precision cogently and if such a statement is corroborated by other evidence, documentary or otherwise, then such statement in face of the hostile witness can still be a ground ... (v) Testimony of a witness declared hos....
2012 0 Supreme(Bom) 316 • India - Bombay
P.D.KODE, A.M.KHANWILKAR
In the said context the learned defence counsel tried to urge that prosecution having not declared the said witness hostile, his evidence would be binding upon the prosecution. ... is declared hostile at the trial, his evidence is not liable to be rejected. ... Even if there is contradiction of statement of a witness on any material point, that is no ground to reject the whole of the testimony of such witness. In this regard this Court in State of H.P. v. ... P.P. objected this a quest....
• India - Delhi High Court
that witness hostile and for granting leave to cross- evidence, documentary or otherwise, then such statement in face of the hostile witness can still be a ground for holding the accused guilty of the crime that was committed. ... However, in the witness box, they turned hostile on account of fear and threats by the accused. ... (v) Testimony of a witness declared hostile: Evidentiary value 275. ... Maruthu (PW 51) ....
