Supreme Court of India

Narayan Singh & Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [1985] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 319
Bench S. Murtaza Fazal Ali and A. Varadarajan JJ.
Decided 19 July 1985

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we uphold the conviction and sentence imposed by the High Court and dismiss the appeals.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Evidence Act - Murder - Extra-judicial Confession - Admissibility of - Circumstances when conviction can be based upon it. There was a chrbnic land dispute between the deceased and the appellants. While the deceased was proceeding towards his village along with PW 11, the appellants assaulted him with swords and farsis as a result of which he succumbed to his injuries. The first information Report was lodged promptly. The Sessions Judge acquitted the accused on the grounds: (i) that PW ll who was sole eye-witness and had seen the occurrence, did not immediately disclose the names of the

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