Supreme Court of India

Bijender @ Mandar v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [2021] 7 S.C.R. 1138
Bench N. V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 8 November 2021

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the evidence on record does not establish the g uilt of the Appellant beyond reasonable doubt and the Courts below have arrived at recording the guilt of the Appellant in absence of any cogent rationale, justifying his conviction.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 392 and 397 – Robbery using dead ly weapons – Prosecution case that appellant and co-acc used armed with pistols robbed the complainant and his nephew – Conviction u/ss. 392 and 397 and sentenced accordingly, on bas is of the disclosure statement and recovery made thereof – High Court uphe ld the conviction, however, reduced the sentence u/s. 397 – O n appeal, held: Court can convict an accused exclusively on the basi s of his disclosure statement and the resultant recovery of inculpatory material – However, in order to sustain the guilt of suc h accused, the recovery

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