Murder--Conviction on the testimony of a single
witnesS--Propriety--Capital sentence, if appropriate-
Extenuating circumstance- Indian Evidence Act (1 of 1872), s.
134.
HEADNOTE ... upon
such testimony. The law reports contain many precedents
where the court had to depend and act upon the testimony of
a single witness
unreliable testimony of P.W.-1/Ram Sewak.
It is further submitted that instant case is based on the testimony of a single witness ... corroboration in material particulars by reliable testimony, direct or circumstantial, before acting upon testimony of a single witness."
In Krishna Mochi
position that the Court can convict a person, based on the testimony of
single witness the evidence so adduced by the solitary witness should instill ... upon such testimony. The law
reports contain many precedents where the court had to depend and act upon
the testimony of a single witness
Vinay Kumar Singh vs State Of U.P. on 14 July, 2025
Author: Saumitra Dayal
sole testimony of eye witness PW-1. As a general Rule the Court can and may act on the testimony of single eye witness provided ... corroboration in material particulars by reliable testimony, direct or circumstantial, before acting upon testimony of a single witness. {See - Vadivelu Thevan etc. v. State
India in which the court insisted on corroboration of the testimony of a single witness, not as a proposition of law, but in view ... testimony of a single witness though uncorroborated, provided that the testimony of single witness is found reliable. Trial court which had the opportunity of seeing
stated by the Hon'ble Supreme Court that the
single testimony of injured/complainant is sufficient to convict the
accused. In the judgment ... upon such testimony. The law
reports contain many precedents where the court had
to depend and act upon the testimony of a single
witness
murder case the court insists on corroboration of the -testimony of a single witness. In the said reported decision of this Court ... upon such testimony. The law reports contain many precedents where the court had to depend and act upon the testimony of a single witness
upon such testimony. The law reports
contain many precedents where the court had to
depend and act upon the testimony of a single
witness ... corroboration in material particulars by reliable
testimony, direct or circumstantial, before acting
upon testimony of a single witness."
25. Now on the basis
general rule, the Court can and may act on his
testimony of single witness provided he is wholly reliable.
There is no legal impediment ... doubts about
the testimony, the courts will insist on corroboration. The Court can
and may act on the testimony of a single eye witness provided
