Supreme Court: A witness who is otherwise found trustworthy cannot be disbelieved if police has not recorded his statement during investigation

[Educator]

The courts below have recorded the finding of non involvement of the car in the accident by disbelieving the eyewitness, PW-6 only on the ground that in the police investigation, he was not examined as an eyewitness. In our considered view, a witness who is otherwise found trustworthy cannot be disbelieved, in a motor accident case, only on the ground that the police have not