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Public witness not supporting Prosecution. - Recovery of 73 Kgs of Charas from a car - Public witness joined, but did not support the prosecution - No reason to disbelieve offi- cial witnesses - Conviction upheld. Raj Kumar v. State of Haryana, 2000(3) RCR (Criminal) 344 (P&H) Recovery of working still and illicit liquor on receipt of secret information - Independent witness given up as won over - Law enjoins that on receipt of secret information, Police party should try to associate an independent witness which has been done in this case - If inde- pendent witness, for any reason, does not want to support the case of prosecution, it is not the fault of prosecution - Conviction upheld. Sukhchain Singh v. State of Haryana. 2000(3) RCR(Criminal) 5 J (P&H) Prosecution version that accused was apprehended while manufacturing illicit liquor - Inde- pendent witness denied his presence rather appeared as defence witness - It casts doubt on truthfulness of prosecution case - Contradictions found in statements of official witnesses as- sumes significance - Accused acquitted giving benefit of doubt. Joga Singh v. State of Hary- ana, 2000(2) RCR(Criminal) 594(P&H)