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Tarlok Singh And Ors. vs State Of Punjab on 30 July, 1973

In Tarlok Singh Vs. State of Punjab, 1974, PLR 84 and Kashmira Singh Vs. State of M.P. AIR, 1952, (SC), 159, the principle of law, laid down, was to the effect, that the tendency to include the innocent, with the guilty is peculiarly present, in India, and it is very difficult, for the Court, to guard against this danger. The only real safeguard, against the risk of condemning the innocent, with the guilty, lies in insisting on independent evidence, which in some measures, implicates such accused. The principle of law, laid down, in the aforesaid case, is fully applicable, to the facts of the present case. In the instant case, no independent witness was examined to prove the role allegedly played by Jagjit Singh @ Jaggi, accused, in Criminal Appeal No. 249-SB of 1995 12 the commission of crime. Out of abundant caution, he is required to be given the benefit of doubt. The trial Court, was wrong, in recording conviction, and awarding sentence to Jagjit Singh @ Jaggi. The submission of the Counsel for the appellants, carries substance, and his accepted.
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