Conviction Can Be Based On Sole Eye Witness Testimony Only If He Is Wholly Reliable, Reiterates SC

The Supreme Court has observed that conviction can be based on the testimony of a single eye witness so long he is found to be wholly reliable. The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari observed thus while setting aside concurrent conviction of murder accused observing that the conduct of the sole testimony of one eye witness in this case, was unnatural and therefore highly unsafe without corroboration from other piece of evidence.