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23. We have carefully scrutinized their statements and we find that they are consistent, trustworthy and reliable. We find support for the view taken by us from the decision of the Supreme Court in case of Surendra Pratap Chouhan vs Ram Naik ( AIR 2001 SC 164) wherein it has been held as under:-

" Merely because the relations between the accused persons and the complainant were strained leading to groupism in the village, the testimony of the eye-witnesses is not to be discarded though it needs to be scrutinised with caution so as to eliminate the possibility of any false implication. "