Abstract
Technique of corroboration plays a vital role in appreciation and evaluation of evidence in judicial proceedings. Its purpose is to ensure conviction of real culprits and to prevent wrongful punishment of innocent persons. This paper analyzes the relevance and significance of technique of corroboration in criminal justice system of Pakistan. It discusses circumstances that necessitate corroboration and how that necessity is met in the judicial proceedings. In Pakistan, some witnesses and pieces of evidence are corroborated to usher them reliability when they are found to be lacking credibility or of suspicious nature. The requirement of corroboration is not necessarily dictated by law: it is mandated by prudence, caution and practice for satisfying the judicial conscience as to credibility of a witness and reliability of original evidence. When a witness or original evidence does not meet the requisite standard of credibility and reliability, that particular situation generates a „reliability void‟. This reliability void necessitates resorting to technique of corroboration to ascertain veracity of such witness or for bestowing trustworthiness to such evidence. However, corroboratory evidence does not convert an absolutely unreliable witness or piece of evidence into a reliable one.
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