Witnesses are interested and inimical witnesses

by the observation of Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan expressed in the case of Haji Muhammad Ilahi and others v. Muhammad Altaf alias Tedi and others (2011 SCMR 513) wherein the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan observed as under:-

“Admittedly all the witnesses are interested and inimical witnesses. It is a settled law that the evidence of such witnesses has to be taken with caution and unless it is corroborated by an independent circumstance, it cannot be credited with truth as law laid down by this Court in Misry Khan’s case (PLD 1977 SC 642).”

Used in Judgment of
Lahore High court
Criminal Appeal
279-13

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