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

10. This Court is, however, conscious that the prosecution case cannot be thrown out or doubted on the sole ground of non- joining of public witnesses as public witnesses keep themselves away from the Court unless it is inevitable, as has been held in Appabhai v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1988 SC 696. However, in the present case, it is not only the absence of public witnesses which raises a doubt on the prosecution version as to recovery of the illicit liquor in question at the instance of the accused but there are other circumstances too, as discussed hereinafter, which raise suspicion over the prosecution version. For instance, although PW-3 has in his testimony deposed that the seized liquor was sealed with the seal of AK which was thereafter handed over to PW-1 Ct. Pawan, the seal in the present case was not handed over to any independent witness nor was it deposited in the Malkhana to assail the possibility of its misuse. Thus, the possibility that the case property may have been tampered with cannot be ruled out.
Supreme Court of India Cites 7 - Cited by 1334 - K J Shetty - Full Document

State Of Rajasthan vs Om Prakash Sharma on 21 July, 2008

"... Surprisingly, the secret information (Ex. PW7/A) received by the Sub-Inspector Narender Kumar Tyagi (PW-7), the notice under Section 50 of the Act (Ex. PW5/A) alleged to have been served on the appellant, the seizure memo (Ex. PW1/A) and the report submitted under State v. Om Prakash Section 57 of the Act (Ex. PW7/D) bear the number of the FIR (Ex. PW4/B). The number of the FIR (Ex. PW4/B) given on the top of the aforesaid documents is in the same ink and in the same handwriting, which clearly indicates that these documents were prepared at the same time. The prosecution has not offered any explanation as to under what circumstance number of the FIR (Ex. PW4/B) had appeared on the top of the aforesaid documents, which were allegedly prepared on the spot. This gives rise to two inferences that either the FIR (Ex. PW4/B) was recorded prior to the alleged recovery of the contraband or number of the said FIR was inserted in these documents after its registration. In both the situations, it seriously reflects upon the veracity of the prosecution version and creates a good deal of doubt about recovery of the contraband in the manner alleged by the prosecution."
Supreme Court of India Cites 19 - Cited by 282 - A Kabir - Full Document
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