Supreme Court of India

Devender Pal Singh v. State N.C.T. of Delhi and Anr.

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Reported as [2002] 2 S.C.R. 767

Bench M.B. Shah, B.N. Agrawal and Arijit Pasayat JJ.

Decided 22 March 2002

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons and on the facts and circumstances of this case, we have no hesitation to hold that the confessional statement of the appellant is not only admissible but was voluntarily and truthfully made by him on which the prosecution could rely for his conviction.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987-Sections 3(2)(1), 4,5, and 15-Penal Code, 1860-Section 120- read with Section 302, Sections 307, 326, 324, 323, 436 and 427. Charges under the TADA Act and Penal Code-Objective of enactment c of TADA-To control the menace of terrorism by effectively dealing the terrorists under the Act-Confessional Statement-Admissibility of-Under TADA Act and other criminal proceedings-Recorded by the Superintendent and the above rank Police Officer is admissible under Section 15 of TADA- Not admissible in other criminal proceedings unless made

Authorities it was built on

2001 Ramdeo Chauhan@ Raj Nath v. State of Assam cited by 21
1995 E.K. Chandrasenan Etc. Etc. v. State of Kerala cited by 11

Where later benches applied it

2020 Mukesh Singh v. State (narcotic Branch of Delhi) relied on
2015 Purushotiam Dashrath Borate &anr. v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2014 Vasant Sampat Dupare v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2013 Madhu @ Madhuranatha & Anr. v. State of Karnataka relied on
2013 State of Rajasthan v. Jamil Khan relied on
2013 Sanjay Dutt (a-117) v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi (stf), Bombay relied on
2010 C. Muniappan & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. referred to
2015 Ag v. Shiv Kumar Yadav &anr. referred to
2013 Devender Pal Singh Bhullar v. State of N.C.T. of Delhi referred to
2013 Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi, Bombay referred to
2013 B. Raghuvir Acharya v. Central Bureau of Investigation mentioned

Of those, 7 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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