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  1. Mar 24, 2020 · Eye witness – Any person who helps the court by describing the acts committed on the crime scene with complete authenticity as it was present there and has first hand information. Expert witness – Any person who has the professional, educational or judicial expertise on the matter beyond any average individual, and the court can rely on its ...

  2. Mar 18, 2024 · Witness is a person who witnesses any act or series of acts or a scene taking place. A witness may be any person who has the ability to perceive a fact through his senses. A competent witness may perceive any act from his eyes or ears or smell or sensation or touch or any other reasonable mode.

  3. A witness may be a partisan or interested witness, i.e., a witness who is in a near relation with the victim of crime or is concerned with conviction of the accused person. Even his testimony is relevant, though, stricter scrutiny is required while adjudging the credence of such a victim.

  4. Dec 16, 2022 · A witness (Testis) is a person who gives evidence before any court. As per Bentham, witnesses are the eyes and ears of justice. Witnesses can be the person who gives valuable input for the case. It is through witnesses and documents that evidence is placed before the court.

  5. Dec 11, 2019 · There are three types of witnesses: eyes witnesses, character witnesses and expert witnesses. 1. Eye witnesses are witnesses who base their testimony on what they saw of the incident and their testimony consists of the facts of the incident rather than their inferences from what they saw.

  6. The prosecution does not require number of eye witnesses to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. Even if there is one eye witness and his testimony is up to the mark, the conviction can be based upon the same. In Namdeo V State of Maharashtra, (2007) 14 SCC 150, the Supreme Court held as under:- In the leading case of Shivaji Sahebrao Bobade v.

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  8. Dec 24, 2022 · A witness who is a natural one and is the only possible eye-witness in the circumstances of a case cannot be said to be interested. The evidence of a witness cannot reject merely because it was an interested witness.