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Pradeep Narayan Madgonkar Etc. Etc. vs State Of Maharashtra on 12 May, 1995

24. Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Pradeep Narayan v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1995 SC 1930 has observed as under:­ Indeed, the evidence of the officials (police) witnesses cannot be FIR No.741/07 12 of 20 P.S. Welcome discarded merely on the ground that they belong to the police force and are, either interested in the investigating or the prosecuting agency but prudence dictates that their evidence needs to be subjected to strict scrutiny and as far as possible corroboration of their evidence in material particulars should be sought. Their desire to see success of the case based on their investigation required greater care to appreciate their testimony. We cannot lose sight of the fact that these police officials did not join any independent witnesses of the locality and made an attempt to create an impression on the Court that PW­2 and PW­5 were witnesses of locality and were independent....
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