The fact that the witness may be related to the deceased by marriage, cannot be sufficient reason to classify him as a related and interested witness to reject his testimony, the Supreme Court has observed while dismissing the appeals in a murder case (Chandrasekar vs State).
The wife of the deceased and her relatives were prime witnesses in this case and they had deposed seeing the murderous assault on the deceased by the accused. The trial court had convicted the accused and sentenced them to life imprisonment and the high court had upheld the verdict.
Article referred: http://www.livelaw.in/relation-witnesses-deceased-marriage-not-enough-reject-testimony-sc-read-judgment/
The wife of the deceased and her relatives were prime witnesses in this case and they had deposed seeing the murderous assault on the deceased by the accused. The trial court had convicted the accused and sentenced them to life imprisonment and the high court had upheld the verdict.
Article referred: http://www.livelaw.in/relation-witnesses-deceased-marriage-not-enough-reject-testimony-sc-read-judgment/
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