Supreme Court of India

R. Kuppusamy v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police, Ambeiligai

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Reported as [2013] 4 S.C.R. 136
Bench T.S. Thakur and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 19 February 2013

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We are of the view that the conclusion drawn by the Courts below is not vitiated by any error of fact or law.

Judgment, page 10

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder - Life imprisonment - Homicidal death of 10 month old girl child due to drowning - Prosecution case that the child had been thrown into the well by her father (appellant) as there were problems between the appellant and his parents regarding the child being unlucky for the family - Conviction of appellant by Courts below on basis of extra-judicial confessional statement made by him before PW1 - Justification of - Held: Justified - Extra judicial confessional statement attributed to appellant found to be voluntary, truthful and unaffected by any inducement

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