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Documents citing Vishwanatha vs The State Of Karnataka on 22 August, 2023

Sri vs State Rep. By The Inspector Of Police, Q ... on 20 May, 2026

56. Applying the aforesaid principles to the present case, the position is even more damning to the prosecution case. Here too, the identity of the appellant rests solely on the belated and improved testimonies of PW-8 and PW-9, who admittedly did not disclose the name “Ranjan” in earlier proceedings and introduced it only after the appellant’s arrest. There is no contemporaneous description, no documentary linkage, and no independent corroboration connecting the appellant with the alleged absconding accused “Sri” (A-5). Much like in Vishwanatha (supra), the absence of reliable identification material and the failure of the prosecution to establish how the appellant came to be implicated in the case by linking him as “Sri” using an alias name renders the case on identity wholly doubtful, making it unsafe to sustain the conviction.
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