Supreme Court of India

Kavita v. State of Tamil Nadu

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Reported as [1998] 3 S.C.R. 902
Bench M.M. Punchhi J.
Decided 23 July 1998

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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

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