Supreme Court of India

M.A. Antony @ Antappan v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2009] 6 S.C.R. 829
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Lokeshwar Singh Panta JJ.
Decided 22 April 2009

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 449, 1380 and 201 - Prosecution - Based on circumstantial evidence - Conviction c by courts below and award of death sentence - On appeal, '7' held: Conviction and sentence justified - Circumstances viz. motive, presence of accused at the site of offence recovery u/s. 27 of Evidence Act, recovery of scalp hair of accused, his judicial as well as extra-judicial confession, proved - Confessional statement of the accused was made freely and voluntarily in compliance with the provisions of s. 164(2) CrPC - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 164(2). Appellant-accused

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