Section 134 IEA provides that:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. Section 134 IEA: 'No particular number of witnesses shall in any case be required for the proof of any fact.'
2. The Indian rule is that quality, not quantity, of witnesses matters. A single reliable witness can sustain a conviction (Vadivelu Thevar v. State of Madras, AIR 1957 SC 614 — testes ponderantur non numerantur).
3. Sole eye-witness testimony, if found wholly reliable, can convict for capital offences (Mohd. Hussain v. State (Govt. NCT of Delhi), (2012) 9 SCC 408).
4. Some special statutes require corroboration (e.g. accomplice — Section 133; dying declaration — corroboration is a rule of prudence, not law).
5. Hence option A is correct.
_Source: Indian Penal Code 1860 / Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 / Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Bare Acts, indiacode.nic.in) — Indian Evidence Act, Section 134_
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