Case Law Analysis
|Gauhati High Court
Section 302 IPC | Police Officer as Sole Eyewitness Valid If Credible, Even Without FSL Report or Section 161 Statement: Gauhati HC
The Gauhati High Court upheld a murder conviction under Section 302 IPC based solely on the testimony of a police officer, rejecting the argument that independent witnesses are mandatory. It clarified that forensic non-compliance and absence of recorded statements under Section 161 CrPC do not invalidate a conviction if the eyewitness account is credible and corroborated by medical evidence, setting a critical precedent for prosecution reliance on duty-bound witnesses in remote or isolated crime scenes.