Supreme Court of India
Kavita v. State of Tamil Nadu
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Criminal Law : Evidence Act, 1872 : Section 24. Extra-judicial confession-Value of-Held: Depends upon the Veracity of the witness to whom it is made-Witness need not give actual words used by the accused-In the circumstances of the case, discrepancies in the evidence of the witnesses to whom the confessional statement was made renders the extra-judicial confession not acceptable. Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 302 and 309. Appreciation of evidence-Accused jumped into well after throwing her two children in it-Evidence of the doctor who performed the post-mortem not clear as to how the body of
Where later benches applied it
- 2016 Kala @ Chandrakala v. State through Inspector of Police
- 2012 Sahadevan & Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2012 Munna Kumar Upadhyaya @ Munna Upadhyaya v. The State of Andhra Pradesh through Public Prosecutor, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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