Supreme Court of India

Mehboobali &anr. v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2015] 10 S.C.R. 553
Bench H.L. Dattu and Arun Mishra JJ.
Decided 27 October 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that Kottaya case [AIR 1947 PC 67] is an authority for the proposition that "discovery of fact" cannot be equated to the object produced or E found .. lt is more than that.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Evidence Act, 1872: s. 27 - Statement of accused leading to identification and arrest of other accused persons and recovery of fake currency notes which information not known to police - Admissibility of his statement - Held: The statement of accused led to the discovery of fact proving complicity of other accused persons and the entire chain of circumstances clearly made out that co-accused acted in 0 conspiracy - These facts were not in the knowledge of the Police hence the statement of the accused leading to discovery of fact was clearly admissible as per the provisions contained in s. 27

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