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Occurrence Near House - Presence and testimony of eyewitnesses (PWs 1 and 2), who are relatives of the deceased, are considered credible and natural, and their evidence cannot be doubted solely due to their relationship. The proximity of the house to the scene and the presence of the wife and brother of the deceased support the reliability of their testimonies Dadu Ram Alias Mohanlal VS State of Madhya Pradesh - Crimes, DADU RAM ALIAS MOHANLAL VS STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH - Madhya Pradesh, Dadu Ram Alias Mohanlal VS State Of Madhya Pradesh - Chhattisgarh.
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Evidence of Relatives as Witnesses - Courts have consistently held that relatives, being natural witnesses, are credible unless there is specific reason to doubt their presence or honesty. Their testimonies are often accepted without requiring corroboration, especially when their conduct is straightforward, and their presence at the scene is natural and reasonable Dadu Ram Alias Mohanlal VS State Of Madhya Pradesh - Chhattisgarh, Horilal Beersingh Yadav VS State of Chhattisgarh - Chhattisgarh, Ishwar Singh VS State of Rajasthan - Rajasthan.
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Occurrence and Presence - The presence of witnesses at the scene during the incident is established through medical and circumstantial evidence, and such presence is deemed natural given the early morning timing or proximity to the place of occurrence Horilal Beersingh Yadav VS State of Chhattisgarh - Chhattisgarh, Ishwar Singh VS State of Rajasthan - Rajasthan.
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Credibility Despite Relationship - The relationship of witnesses to the deceased does not automatically render their testimony unreliable. Courts have emphasized that natural witnesses, including relatives, are entitled to credibility unless contradicted by reliable evidence or proved interestedness STATE OF GUJARAT VS Balubhai Madhabhai Zala - Gujarat, Kumar alias Thambi Etc. VS State - Crimes.
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Evidence of Injury and Scene - The injuries sustained and the scene of the incident support the eyewitness accounts, reinforcing the occurrence near the house and the presence of relatives as witnesses. Contradictions or delays in lodging FIR, if properly explained, do not diminish credibility STATE OF GUJARAT VS CHAVDA MANAJI CHELAJI - Gujarat, Ishwar Singh VS State of Rajasthan - Rajasthan.
Analysis and Conclusion:
The sources collectively establish that eyewitnesses who are relatives of the deceased, and who were present near the scene, are credible witnesses. Their natural presence and straightforward conduct support the evidence of occurrence near the house. Courts have consistently held that such witnesses' testimonies are trustworthy unless there are specific reasons to doubt their honesty or presence. Therefore, the occurrence took place near the house, and the evidence of relatives as witnesses cannot be doubted.
Search Results for "Occurrence Took Place Near the House Evidence of the Relatives Cannot be Cannot Doubted"
• India - Crimes
SUNIL KUMAR SINHA
to occurrence - Presence as well as to testimony of PWs 1 and 2 could not be doubted and there evidence could not be discarded - ... being reasonable and natural, merely on ground that they were relatives of deceased, there testimony could not be doubted - House ... of deceased being admittedly near place of occurrence and wife and brother of deceased being present in their house, it was quite ... In such circumsta....
2007 0 Supreme(MP) 95 • India - Madhya Pradesh
SUNIL KUMAR SINHA
to occurrence - Presence as well as to testimony of PWs 1 and 2 could not be doubted and there evidence could not be discarded - ... being reasonable and natural, merely on ground that they were relatives of deceased, there testimony could not be doubted - House ... of deceased being admittedly near place of occurrence and wife and brother of deceased being present in their house, it was quite ... that they are the....
2013 0 Supreme(Chh) 349 • India - Chhattisgarh
SATISH K.AGNIHOTRI, R.S.SHARMA
at the place of occurrence cannot be doubted. ... It was early morning occurrence and her presence near the place of occurrence was natural - Appeal dismissed ... A quarrel took place between them and thereafter the appellant returned his house. ... The death of the deceased was homicidal in nature and the incident took place in the shop of Rambai (P.W. 1), the....
• India - Crimes
N.PAUL VASANTHAKUMAR, P.Devadass
Criminal conspiracy to murder—Murderous assault killing deceased—Eyewitness not reliable—Very FIR and credibility of eyewitnesses doubted—Inherent ... stabbed him on his left chest with a knife—Deceased died on the spot—In FIR, PW1 named A1 to A4—He did not name A5 to A7 but in his evidence ... also their specific role and overt acts had been stated—PWs 1 and 7 simply gave photographic and dramatic account of the entire occurrence—Prosecution ... In the circumstances, we cannot place reliance on the #HL....
2022 0 Supreme(All) 676 • India - Allahabad
SAROJ YADAV, RAMESH SINHA
Motive of crime has also been proved i.e. convict/appellant used to drive tractor of deceased and some altercations took place between ... proved commission of crime by convict/appellant - P.W. 1 eye witness has proved incident and his testimony was supported by medical evidence ... Anil and Sanjay, resident of same village were sitting on culvert with sticks in their hands - When his father reached near culvert ... Satya Narain (1998) 8 SCc 404 the Hon'ble Apex Court has held that merely because of absence of blood at ....
1994 0 Supreme(Guj) 241 • India - Gujarat
C.V.JANI, K.J.VAIDYA
to chora (prominent place in the village) where the complaint was noted in the Occurrence Book – Held, It is indeed very clear that ... Solanki; filed a complaint Exh. 25 also; medical evidence fully corroborated his evidence a discussed above; nothing serious has ... with other hostile witnesses merely because they are relatives of deceased is not only illegal and improper but same per se is perverse ... otherwise quite dependable evidence of the Police Patel Mansing Jenaji whose ster....
1999 0 Supreme(Guj) 336 • India - Gujarat
K.R.VYAS, R.K.ABICHANDANI
A close relative who is a natural witness, cannot be regarded as an interested witness. ... doubt regarding his presence at the scene when the occurrence took place, the accused would no doubt be entitled to the benefit ... counter-evidence to the effect that he was elsewhere when the occurrence happened. ... Therefore, the evidence of eye-witnesses as regards the time of occurrence of the incident and of the doctor as regards the t....
2007 0 Supreme(Chh) 63 • India - Chhattisgarh
SUNIL KUMAR SINHA
The court relied on the straightforward and trustworthy evidence of the relatives of the deceased, concluding that their testimony ... cannot be discarded solely on the ground of interestedness in the prosecution case. ... of relatives of the deceased need no corroboration for sustaining the conviction. ... In such circumstances, their conduct would be straightforward and their presence as well as testimony cannot be doubted and their evidence cannot....
2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 20090 • India - IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
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... ... (B) Appreciation of Evidence - Witnesses being relatives but natural witnesses - No cross-examination of key complainant ... of natural witnesses related to the deceased cannot be discarded merely due to relationship, especially when cross-examination does ... ... ... Ratio Decidendi: The court ruled that delay in lodging FIR, if properly explained, does not weaken prosecution and evidence ... Therefore the evidence of P.W-1 cannot at all be doubted. The pe....
2004 0 Supreme(Raj) 57 • India - Rajasthan
SHIV KUMAR SHARMA, KHEM CHAND SHARMA
during the course of incident – Held – The presence of the injured witness at the scene of occurrence cannot be doubted – He, being ... Penal Code, Secs. 302/34, 341, 323/34, 324/34 – Credibility of the evidence of the witness present on the scene and received injuries ... victim himself would not leave out real assailants and substitute them with innocent persons – If prosecution evidence as a whole ... State of Rajasthan (3), it was held that contradictory statements of witnesses cannot#HL_E....
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