Supreme Court of India

Chandra Bonia v. State of Assam

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Reported as [2011] 4 S.C.R. 15
Decided 30 March 2011

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Penal Code, 1860- s. 302 - Double murder- Conviction and sentence by the courts below - On basis of the extra- judicial confession made by accused before prosecution witness and recovery of the murder weapon at the instance of the accused before Investigating Officer- On appeal, held: Extra-judicial confession is a very weak piece of evidence and ordinarily a conviction solely on the basis of such evidence o cannot be maintained - However, in the instant case, the extra-judicial confession was made by accused to the prosecution witness in a different background inasmuch as the 0 accused

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