Exaggeration by Witness and Legal Implications of Such Exaggerations

Exaggeration by Witness and Legal Implications of Such Exaggerations

It has been held in Sheesh Ram v. State of Rajasthan [2014] GCtR 4321 (SC) that "witnesses tend to exaggerate the prosecution story. If the exaggeration does not change the prosecution story or convert it into an altogether new story, allowance can be made for it."

"If evidence of a witness is to be disbelieved merely because he has made some improvement in his evidence, there would hardly be any witness on whom reliance can be placed by the courts. It is trite that the maxim ‘falsus in uno falsus in omnibus’ has no application in India. It is merely a rule of caution. It does not have the status of rule of law."