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Jarnail Singh & Ors vs State Of Punjab on 26 August, 2009
29. While deciding this issue, a similar view was taken in
Jarnail Singh v. State of Punjab [(2009) 9 SCC 719 : (2010) 1
SCC (Cri) 107] , where this Court reiterated the special
evidentiary status accorded to the testimony of an injured
accused and relying on its earlier judgments held as under :
Shivalingappa Kallayanappa And Others vs State Of Karnataka on 31 August, 1994
In
Shivalingappa Kallayanappa v. State of Karnataka [1994 Supp (3)
SCC 235 : 1994 SCC (Cri) 1694] this Court has held that the deposition
of the injured witness should be relied upon unless there are strong
grounds for rejection of his evidence on the basis of major
contradictions and discrepancies, for the reason that his presence on
the scene stands established in case it is proved that he suffered the
injury during the said incident.
State Of U.P vs Kishan Chand & Ors on 20 August, 2004
In State of U.P. v. Kishan Chand [(2004) 7 SCC 629 : 2004
SCC (Cri) 2013] a similar view has been reiterated observing that the
testimony of a stamped witness has its own relevance and efficacy.
Krishan And Anr. vs State Of Haryana on 21 January, 2005
In case the injured witness is subjected to lengthy
cross-examination and nothing can be elicited to discard his testimony,
it should be relied upon (vide Krishan v. State of Haryana [(2006) 12
SCC 459 : (2007) 2 SCC (Cri) 214] ). Thus, we are of the considered
opinion that evidence of Darshan Singh (PW 4) has rightly been relied
upon by the courts below."