Supreme Court of India

Sudevanand v. State through Cbi

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Reported as [2012] 2 S.C.R. 139

Bench Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai JJ.

Decided 19 January 2012

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the record of the case we are A constrained to say that we are distressed beyond words to find that the case relating to the attempt on the life of the CJI remains stuck up at the stage of the appeal even after about 37 years of the occurrence.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss.311,· 391 - Summoning of approver for cross-examination - Permission for - Arrest of appellant and other accused in connection to attempt on the life of the then Chief Justice of India - Two months prior to that, Railways Minister was killed - Appellant and PW-1 in connection with said case - While on remand, PW-1 made a confessional statement and requested to be allowed to become an approver - He was produced before a Magistrate, before whom he made a statement u/s. 164 and became approver - Subsequently approver made retraction in 1978 in jail disowning

Authorities it was built on

2004 Zahira Habibulla H Sheikh and Anr. v. State of Gujarat and Ors. cited by 36
2004 Satyajit Banerjee and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors. cited by 9
1963 Pandit Ukha Kolhe v. The State of Maharashtra cited by 7
2008 Hanuman Ram v. The State of Rajasthan and Ors. cited by 3
2005 Mishrilal and Ors. v. State of M.P. and Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2013 Natasha Singh v. Cbi (state) relied on
2015 Ag v. Shiv Kumar Yadav &anr. referred to
2017 Asha Ranjan v. State of Bihar & Ors. mentioned
2013 Selvi J. Jayalalithaa & Ors. v. State of Karnataka & Ors. mentioned
2013 Rajaram Prasad Yadav v. State of Bihar & Anr. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 3 mentioned

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