Supreme Court of India
Santosh @ Bhure v. State (g.n.c.t.) of Delhi
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the circumstances with regard to making of disclosure statements and conse quential discoveries/recoveries were not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
Judgment, page 51
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w. s.34 – Acquittal und er – Prosecution case that ‘S’ was tenant of an apartment on the second floor of a building owned by PW-3 – On 12.09.2000, at about 10.40 a.m., an information was given to the police that a dead body is lying in that apartment – As per prosecution, two d isclosure/ confessional statements were made by each of the two accused (‘S’ and ‘N’) during police custody – Trial Court held that the proven circumstances constituted a chain which conclusively indicate d that the accused ‘S’ in the company of co-accused ‘N’ co mmitted the crime and to
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 Shivaji Sahebrao Bobade & Anr v. State of Maharashtra
- 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra
- 2005 State (n.c.t. of Delhi) v. Navjot Sandhu@afsan Guru
- 1975 Mohmed Inayatullah v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2007 Smt. Selvi & Ors. v. State of Karnataka
- 1971 Matru Alias Girish Chandra v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- 1980 State of U.P. v. Ram Babu Misra
- 1992 State of Maharashtra Etc. Etc. v. Sukhdeo Singh and Anr. Etc.. Etc.
- 2018 Sonvir @ Somvir v. The State of Nct of Delhi
- 2019 Ashish Jain v. Makrand Singh and Ors.
- 1994 Sukhvinder Singh and Ors. v. State of Punjab
- 2016 Sukhram v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- 2012 Ritesh Sinha v. The State of Utiar Pradesh & Anr.
Where later benches applied it
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