Supreme Court of India

Machander, Son of Pandurang v. State of Hyderabad

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Reported as [1955] 2 S.C.R. 524
Bench Vivian Bose, Jagannadhadas and B. P. Sinha JJ.
Decided 27 September 1955

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Examination of the accused-Duty of trial court-Failure to examine accused on material points-Effect-Acquittal-Code of Criminal Procedure (Act V of 1898), 1. 342. The appellant was put up on his trial on a charge of murder. The trial continued for 4! years. His brother who was a co-accused absconded. The evidence against the appellant was circumstantial. His confession, made 8 days after his arrest, led to certain discover­ ies but he was never questioned about it by the trial court under s. 342 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The High Court excluded the confession fro!ll the evidence,

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