State Of Rajasthan And Anr. vs Vinod Kumar Rao And Ors. on 8 May, 1992
He was not
questioned about him denying having given any statement to the
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police altogether. If the defence had wanted, the state version could
have been seriously put to the ground hook, line and sinker by asking
cogent and piercing questions to the witness. But not to be. The
suggestion that he was not present at the spot was denied, as also the
one claiming him to be a planted witness. The witness also denied that
he wanted to grab money from the accused persons and that he was
deposing falsely. Given such a scant and feeble cross examination, the
witness's version could not be said to have been sufficiently
challenged. If not adding substantially to the prosecution case, it also
could not be said that his version subtracted from the state story
anything concrete. In such circumstances, no benefit could be said to
have been accrued to the accused persons in view of the very thinly
balanced testimony of the PW2.