Supreme Court of India

Mohmed Amin @ Amin Choteli Rahim Miyan Shaikh & Anr. v. C.b.i through its Director

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Reported as [2008] 16 S.C.R. 155

Decided 18 November 2008

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the trial Court did not commit any error in recording a finding that charges of conspiracy and F murder are proved against the appellants.

Judgment, page 81

From the headnote

TERRORIST AND DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1987: s. 15 - Confession - HELD: confession recorded in accordance with the provisions of s. 15 and r. 15 is admissible and can be used in the trial of the maker as also the co accused, abettor or conspirator not only for an offence under 0 the Act but also for an offence under /PC or other enactments provided that such co-accused, abettor or conspirator is charged and tried in the same case - Conviction can be based on such confession without its corroboration, if the Court is convinced of its probative value independently - In the

Authorities it was built on

1999 State through Superintendent of Police, Cbi/sit Etc. v. Nalini and Ors. Etc. Etc. cited by 19
2001 Jayawant Dattatray Suryarao v. State of Maharashtra cited by 14
2005 Prakash Kumar @ Prakash Bhutto v. State of Gujarat cited by 7

Where later benches applied it

2019 Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr v. Mohd. Parvez Abdul Kayuum Etc relied on
2013 Sanjay Dutt (a-117) v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi (stf), Bombay relied on
2013 Essa@ Anjum Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Stf, Cbi Mumbai, Part-ii relied on
2016 Harpal Singh @ Chhota v. State of Punjab referred to
2013 Gulam Sarbar v. State of Bihar (now Jharkhand) referred to
2013 Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi, Bombay referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 3 referred to

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