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Section 489B in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 28 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 489A in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 313 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Section 489D in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Aher Raja Khima vs The State Of Saurashtra on 22 December, 1955
The rule of prudence may
require more careful scrutiny of their evidence. But, if the
Court is convinced that what was stated by a witness has a
ring of truth, conviction can be based on such evidence.
[25] It is not necessary to refer to various decisions on the
point. We may, however, state that before more than half-a-
century, in the leading case of Aher Raja Khima v. State of
Saurashtra, AIR 1956 SC 217, Venkatarama Ayyar, J. stated:
"The presumption that a person acts honestly applies as much
in favour of a police officer as of other persons, and it is not
judicial approach to distrust and suspect him without good
grounds therefor. Such an attitude could do neither credit to
the magistracy nor good to the public. It can only run down
the prestige of the police administration".
K. Hashim vs State Of Tamil Nadu on 17 November, 2004
In K. Hashim v. State of T.N. reported in AIR 2005 SC
128 it has been held: