Supreme Court of India

Ramkrushna v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2007] 5 S.C.R. 818
Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tm JJ.
Decided 27 April 2007

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Evidence Act, 1872: s.27-Discovery of handle of knife on confession of accused-Held : c Admissible under S.27-Knife found in the pitch of manure at village- Hence, it is not correct to contend that knife was recovered from open space-Pena/ Code, 1860-ss. 302134. s.8-Motive-When presence of accused with knife at the place of occurrence is established, motive takes back seat. Testimony-Part of testimony of witness-Held: Can be relied on. ~ . Prosecution case was that there was property dispute between the deceased and accused no. l. Appellant-accused no.2 is brother-in-law of accused no. 1.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 mentioned

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