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Accident–Claim Petition-involvement of Vehicle—Merely recording of FIR in itself will not be enough to prove the involvement of the vehicle especially when in the criminal proceedings, the alleged eye witness failed to identify the accused rather categorically deposed that the accused was not driving the offending vehicle
By phlaw| 2018-05-19T17:59:35+00:00 May 19th, 2018|Evidence - Criminal Cases|Comments Off on Accident–Claim Petition-involvement of Vehicle—Merely recording of FIR in itself will not be enough to prove the involvement of the vehicle especially when in the criminal proceedings, the alleged eye witness failed to identify the accused rather categorically deposed that the accused was not driving the offending vehicle
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