Flynote and Headnote
[1] Criminal procedure - No case to answer - Discrepancies between 40 prosecution witnesses - Effect of unreliable witnesses on testimony of reliable witnesses.
Even assuming that a single prosecution witness's testimony would have put the accused to his defence, the evidence must be taken as a whole when the court considers the defence's request for a ruling of no case to answer; accordingly, when the prosecution's case includes the testimony of two unreliable witnesses in addition to the 5 (assumed to be) reliable one, the latter's evidence may be discounted and a ruling of no case to answer given.
