Mere Exaggerations by the Witness not be deemed as a basis to discard the Evidence altogether In Achhar Singh vs. State of Himachal Pradesh [CRA 1140 ¬1141 OF 2010], The Supreme Court observed that evidence given by a witness cannot be discarded as a whole on the ground that it is exaggerated. Referring to Hari Chand v. State of Delhi (1996) 9 SCC 112, the court said that while appreciating the evidence of witnesses in a criminal trial especially in a case of eyewitnesses the maxim ‘falsus in uno’ or ‘falsus in omnibus’ cannot apply and the Court has to make efforts to sift the grain from the chaff. “ It is only in a case where grain and chaff are so inextricably intertwined that in their separation no real evidence survives, that the whole evidence can be discarded.” “To make a mountain out of a molehill, the molehill shall have to exist primarily…” Reddy & Reddy Law Firm has a forte in handling Criminal matters . They have an experienced team of lawyers ready to assist in all your disputes.