Recently, the Allahabad High Court stated that hostile witness ordinarily falls in the category of those witnesses who are neither wholly reliable nor wholly un-reliable. The bench of Justice Shamim Ahmed was dealing with the appeal challenging the judgment and order passed by the Second Additional Sessions Judge, Lucknow convicting and sentencing the appellant under
Allahabad HC Acquits Employee of Civil Court Accused of Setting Fire in Court Canteen, Says Prosecution Failed to Prove Charge
