The Supreme Court of India has ruled that the recovery of incriminating evidence under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, is not vitiated merely because independent panch (seizure) witnesses turn hostile. A Division Bench comprising Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale held that the testimony of an investigating officer, if found
Hostile Panch Witnesses Cannot Vitiate Recovery Proved By Investigating Officer: Supreme Court Upholds Conviction In Quadruple Murder Case
