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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
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Balraje @ Trimbak vs State Of Maharashtra on 10 May, 2010
"The evidence of an injured witness must
be given due weightage being a stamped
witness, thus, his presence cannot be doubted.
His statement is generally considered to be
very reliable and it is unlikely that he has
spared the actual assailant in order to falsely
implicate someone else. The testimony of an
injured witness has its own relevancy and
efficacy as he has sustained injuries at the
time and place of occurrence and this lends
support to his testimony that he was present
during the occurrence. Thus, the testimony of
an injured witness is accorded a special status
in law. The witness would not like or want to
let his actual assailant go unpunished merely
to implicate a third person falsely for the
commission of the offence. Thus, the evidence
of the injured witness should be relied upon
unless there are grounds for the rejection of his
evidence on the asis of major contradictions
and discrepancies therein. (Vide: Jamail Singh
Vs. State of Punjab, (2009) 9 SCC 719, Balraje
@ Trimbak Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2010) 6
SCC 673, and Abdul Sayed VS. State of
Madhya Pradesh, (2010) 10 SCC 259)"
Dinesh Kumar vs State Of Rajasthan on 4 August, 2008
Injured witnesses would definitely not shield the
real culprits of the crime, and name somebody else
because of enmity. The defence did not ask the injured
witnesses as to how they received the injuries mentioned
in the medical reports. (See: Dinesh Kumar v. State of
Rajasthan, (2008) 8 SCC 270; Arjun Mahto v. State of
Bihar, (2008) 15 SCC 604; and Akhtar and Ors. v. State of
Uttaranchal, (2009) 13 SCC 722)."