Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Raja Ram

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 445

Bench Doraiswsamy Raju and Arijit Pasa Y At JJ.

Decided 13 August 2003

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Penal Code, J 860-Section 302-Murder-Trial-Circumstantial evidence-Extra-judicial confession-Witnesses to whom confession made inimically disposed towards the accused-Conviction and death sentence by Trial Court-Acquittal by High Court-On appeal, held: Order of acquittal is justified as the extra-judicial confession is not acceptable. Criminal Trial: Extra-judicial confession-Evidentiary value of-Held: An extra-judicial confession, if voluntary and true and made in a fit state of mind can be relied upon and can be the sole basis of conviction-Requirement of corroboration is a matter of

Authorities it was built on

1983 Earabhadrappa Alias Krishnappa v. State of Karnataka cited by 70

Where later benches applied it

2022 Ramanand @ Nandlal Bharti v. State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2016 Yogesh Singh v. Mahabeer Singh & Ors. relied on
2016 Kala @ Chandrakala v. State through Inspector of Police relied on
2015 Upendra Pradhan v. State of Orissa relied on
2012 Sahadevan & Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2011 Sk. Yusuf v. State of West Bengal relied on
2011 Bhagwan Dass v. State(nct) of Delhi relied on
2011 Kulvinder Singh & Anr. v. State of Haryana relied on
2025 Ramu Appa Mahapatar v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2020 Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu referred to
2016 Harbeer Singh v. Sheeshpal & Ors. referred to
2015 K.A. Kotrappa Reddy and Anr. v. Rayara Manjunatha Reddy@n.r. Manjunatha & Ors. referred to
2012 Munna Kumar Upadhyaya @ Munna Upadhyaya v. The State of Andhra Pradesh through Public Prosecutor, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh referred to

Of those, 8 relied on · 5 referred to

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