Supreme Court of India

Ajay Singh v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2007] 7 S.C.R. 983

Bench Arijit Pasayat J.

Decided 6 June 2007

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Evidence Act, 1872: Extra-Judicial confession- 'Confession' and 'Statement '-Distinction c between-Accused prosecuted u/s. 302 /PC for causing death of his wife- Witness hearing accused uttering that death of his wife was caused by him- Held: Confession should be clear, specific and unambiguous-On facts, in the evidence of the three PWs who claim the accused to have made confession, there is great difference in the language the accused is supposed to have stated-There is inconsistency in the statements of the witnesses as to what 0 was uttered by the accused-Besides, PW/ is inimical to

Where later benches applied it

2023 Krishan Kumar and Anr v. The State of Haryana relied on
2014 Sukhjit Singh v. State of Punjab relied on
2022 Mohd. Firoz v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2019 Darshan Singh v. State of Punjab referred to
2018 Ram Lal v. State of Himachal Pradesh referred to
2014 Liyakat and Another v. State of Rajasthan referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to

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