State vs . Harender Solanki & Anr. Page No. 1 Of 89 on 29 April, 2019
Cr. Reports 152 (SC);
Shailender Pratap Singh vs State of UP, 2003 (46) ACC 331 (SC) and
Raju Pasi vs State of UP, 2010 (69) ACC 740. It was submitted that
the defence through the cross-examination of complainant / PW-1, had
succeeded in bringing on record that both the accused and the
complainant / deceased side had more than enough opportunity to
know each other being political leaders and of the same Parliamentary
Constituency. It was submitted that their villages were also adjacent
and as such, possibility of the accused being previously known to the
complainant cannot be ruled out. It was argued that PW-1 in his cross-