For determination of culpability of each accused there is necessity of parsing evidence carefully in respect of each accused. High court has unnecessarily given weightage to some minor contradictions, which are not material contradictions that can affect the case of prosecution as a whole. The presence of injured witness ought not to have been doubted and being an injured eyewitness, as per the settled proposition of law laid down by this court in catena of decisions, his deposition has a greater reliability and credibility. In this case, deceased was hacked to death with hunting sickles, culpability of the 11 accused (Accused 1 to 11), determined after appreciation of evidence.
[M. Nageswara Reddy v. State of A.P., (2022) 5 SCC 791]