In a recent judgment passed by the Division Bench of Lisa Gill, J. and Parmod Goyal, J. while dismissing a criminal appeal against judgment of conviction passed by the Sessions Court under section 302 IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act, the Hon’ble Bench categorically observed that witnesses related to the victim are competent witnesses and can be relied upon by Court if their testimony is found to be consistent, trustworthy and reliable. It noted that the evidence of relatives had to be appreciated keeping in view that the said witnesses may be the most natural witness when more often public witnesses are not willing to come forward to depose in criminal cases.    FACTS OF THE CASE The deceased, complainant and the appellant were involved in a land feud over a Pakka Khal (water [Read More]

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