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Section 307 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 27 in The Arms Act, 1959 [Entire Act]
The Indian Penal Code, 1860
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section 157 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Section 428 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Deep Chand And Ors. vs State Of Haryana on 17 October, 1969
In Deep Chand and Others
v. State of Haryana16, this Court had observed that the maxim falsus in
uno, falsus in omnibus is not a sound rule to apply in the conditions of
this country. This maxim does not occupy the status of rule of law. It is
merely a rule of caution which involves the question of the weight of
evidence that a court may apply in the given set of circumstances.17 In
16 (1969) 3 SCC 890.
Ponnam Chandraiah vs State Of A.P. Rep. By Public Prosecutor on 30 July, 2008
17 Ponnam Chandraiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh, (2008) 11 SCC 640.
Crl.A. Nos. 2623-2631 of 2014 & Ors. Page 17 of 40
cases where a witness is found to have given unreliable evidence, it is
the duty of the court to carefully scrutinise the rest of the evidence, sifting
the grain from the chaff. The reliable evidence can be relied upon
especially when the substratum of the prosecution case remains intact.
The court must be diligent in separating truth from falsehood. Only in
exceptional circumstances, when truth and falsehood are so inextricably
connected as to make it indistinguishable, should the entire body of
evidence be discarded.