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Appabhai And Anr. vs State Of Gujarat on 5 February, 1988

2023.01.07 15:55:08 +0530 moving, or the place / the direction in which the victim fell down after the collision. Further, the IO failed to join any other public person as a witness in the present case. As per the version of PW4, he was going with the deceased and three other friends on bicycles when the incident occurred. However, none of the said friends of the deceased/PW4 have been interrogated / examined during the entire course of investigation, let alone, having been made as witness in the case. No other public person has also been examined by the IO. This Court is conscious of the legal position that non-joining of independent witnesses cannot be the sole ground to discard or doubt the prosecution case, as has been held in Appabhai and another v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1988 SC 696. However, evidence in every case is to be sifted through in light of the varied facts and circumstances of each individual case. As observed above, material discrepancies have surfaced in the testimonies of prime eye witness in the case. In such a situation, evidence of an independent witness would have rendered the much needed corroborative value, to the otherwise uncompelling case of the prosecution, as discussed above. The absence of independent witness of the accident in question further raises suspicion about the genuineness of the allegations and the actual manner of occurrence of the accident due to the rash and negligent act of the accused.
Supreme Court of India Cites 7 - Cited by 1334 - K J Shetty - Full Document

Ambalal D. Bhatt vs The State Of Gujarat on 7 March, 1972

2023.01.07 15:53:34 +0530 driving of the accused. It must be causa causans - the immediate cause, and not enough that it may be causa sine qua non - proximate cause. (Ref. Suleman Rahiman Mulam v. State of Maharasthra AIR 1968 SC 829; Ambalal D Bhatt v State of Gujarat AIR 1972 SC 1150). In case of an act resulting in death, the act should not amount to culpable homicide.
Supreme Court of India Cites 7 - Cited by 149 - P J Reddy - Full Document
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