Supreme Court of India

Aghnoo Nagesia v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [1966] 1 S.C.R. 134

Bench K. Subba Rao, Raghubar Dayal and R. S. Bachawat JJ.

Decided 4 May 1965

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From the headnote

Indian Evidence Act (! of 1872), s. 25-Ban on confession made to a police officer--Confessional .J.R .. by accUsed-Ban whether applies to lvhole statement or only those part showing actual commission of crime. The appellant was tried for murder. The principal evidence against him consisted Qf a first information report containing a full conf~sion of the crime. The appellant was convicted under s. 302 Indian Penal Code by the trial court and the High Court upheld the conviction. By special leave he appealed to the Supreme Court. The question before the court was whether the whole confessional

Where later benches applied it

2025 Narayan Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh relied on
2022 Dauvaram Nirmalkar v. State of Chhattisgarh relied on
2022 Jafarudheen & Ors. v. State of Kerala relied on
2022 Vijay Madanlal Choudhary & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2022 Pappu v. The State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2015 Pawan Kumar @ Monu Mittal v. State of Utiar Pradesh & Anr. referred to
2010 Abubucker Siqqique and Anr. v. The State Represented by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Cbl/scb/chennai, Tamil Nadu referred to
2024 Perumal Raja @ Perumal v. State, Rep. by Inspector of Police mentioned
2020 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu mentioned
2001 Prakash Dhawal Khairnar (patil) v. State of Maharashtra mentioned
1996 Bandlamuddi Atchuta Ramaiah and Ors. v. State of Andhra Pradesh mentioned
1971 Kanda Padayachi Alias Kandaswamy v. State of Tamil Nadu mentioned
2019 Ishwari Lal Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh not applicable

Of those, 3 relied on · 4 referred to · 5 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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