Supreme Court of India
Asar Mohammad and Ors. v. The State of U.P.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the disclosure statement made by the appellants - accused (Exts.
Judgment, page 23
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 201 – Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Prosecution of three accused – Confessional stateme nt of one accused (appellant No.1) – Recovery of dead bodies at his insta nce – FIR lodged on the basis of missing report filed by PW7 – Conviction by trial court awarding death sentence to all the thr ee accused – High Court affirmed the conviction, but reduced the death sentence to imprisonment for life – On appeal, held: In view of the entire evidence and totality of the proved circumstances, courts be low were right in holding appellant No.1 guilty of the offences
Authorities it was built on
- 2006 Trimukh Maroti Kirkan v. State of Maharashtra
- 1975 Mohmed Inayatullah v. The State of Maharashtra
- 1992 Ganeshlal v. State of Maharashtra
- 1964 Hari Charan Kurmi and Jogia Hajam v. State of Bihar
- 1972 Nika Ram v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
- 1992 Mulakh Raj Etc. v. Satish Kumar and Others
- 2001 Sukhan Raut and Ors. v. State of Bihar
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned
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