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Vadivelu Thevar vs The State Of Madras(With Connected ... on 12 April, 1957

Hon'ble Supreme Court in 2012 (2) RCR (Criminal) 231, Sampath Kumar Vs. Inspector of Police Krishangiri referring to Vadivelu Thevar v State of Madras AIR 1957SC614 spoke of three category of witnesses: " those that are wholly reliable, those that are wholly unreliable and who are neither wholly reliable nor wholly unreliable. In the case of the first category the courts have no difficulty in coming to the conclusion either way. It can convict or acquit the accused on the deposition of single witness if it is found to be fully reliable. In the second category also there is no difficulty in arriving at an appropriate conclusion for there is no question of placing any reliance upon a deposition of a wholly unreliable witness. It is only in the case of witnesses who are neither wholly reliable nor wholly unreliable that the Courts have to be circumspect and have to look for corroboration in material particulars by reliable testimony direct or circumstantial."
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