been invited to the observations in these orders referring to the habitual panch witnesses being discarded. I. G. Shah, J. in Criminal Application ... prosecution case being reliable on account of the panch witnesses being habitual panch witnesses.
14. On the last contention raised on behalf of the petitioner
wherein this Court has laid down that a panch being a habitual panch would not ipso facto render his evidence worthless.
11. We have examined ... point out that the circumstance that the public panch is a habitual panch would certainly weigh with the Court if it finds that the evidence
record that Panch Faiz Mohammad P.W. 5 is a habitual Panch and his evidence cannot be relied upon. It is submitted that a specific ... drawn and despatched to the Chemical Analyser and for examining a habitual Panch, the prosecution case becomes doubtful.
10. Mr Daga further submitted that
Indian Evidence Act. It appears that, he is
habitual panch witness as he himself admitted that he has
appeared as a panch witness ... public panch of
recovery, Pramod Waigankar PW 4, is a habitual
panch. In his cross-examination, he admitted that he
might have acted
Mahesh S/O Janardhan Gonnade vs State Of Maharashtra on 10 April, 2008
Author: Lokeshwar
public panch of recovery, Pramod Waigankar P.W. 4, is a habitual panch. In his cross-examination, he admitted that he might have acted ... cross examination, when he was asked whether Pramod Waigankar was a habitual panch, he replied that it may be possible that once or twice
clothes do not belong to any of them. PW-4 is
seizure panch to the panchnamas Exhibit-35 and 36,
the panchnamas of seizure ... Police Station. The
panch PW-4 is a puppet and habitual panch. There
is no evidence as to whom which cloth belongs.
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Shashikant Tulsidas Kamble vs The State Of Maharashtra on 19 September, 2013
Author: A. R
believable as panch P.W. 11 Dedhe is a habitual panch. The
memorandum was already prepared by the police and therefore there was
no voluntary
this case Hirabai Gunjal (P.W. 1) had acted as a Panch, but it is necessary for us to point out that she also happens ... therefore, in the category not only of a habitual panch but, more importantly, of a person who is "on good terms with the police