Di samping itu juga, percanggahan dalam keterangan adalah suatu keadaan yang biasa berlaku. Apa yang penting adalah sama ada percanggahan keterangan tersebut adalah sesuatu yang material ataupun tidak. Di dalam kes CHEAN SIONG GUAT v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR [1969] 2 MLJ 63, Mahkamah Tinggi telah memutuskan seperti berikut: “Discrepancies may, in my view, be found in any case for the simple reason that no two persons can describe the same thing in exactly the same way. Sometimes what may appear to be discrepancies are in reality different ways of describing the same thing, or it may happen that the witnesses who are describing the same thing might have seen it in different ways and at different times and that is how discrepancies are likely to arise. These discrepancies may either be minor or serious discrepancies. Absolute truth is I think beyond human perception and conflicting versions of an incident, even by honest and disinterested witnesses, is a common experience. In weighing the testimony of witnesses, human fallibility in observation, retention and recollection are often recognised by the court. Being a question of fact, what a magistrate need do is to consider the discrepancies and say whether they are minor or serious discrepancies. If, after conthem. On the other hand, if a magistrate finds that the discrepancies do not detract from the value of the testimony of the witness or witnesses, it would then be proper for him to regard the discrepancies as trivial and ignore them. On the other hand, if a magistrate finds that the discrepancies relate to a material point which would seriously affect the value of the testimony of the witness or witnesses, then it would be his duty to weigh the evidence carefully in arriving at the truth. In the present case, what the learned magistrate in fact found was that the discrepancies were minor and he quite properly ignored them.” [penekanan ditambah]