Supreme Court of India
Raj Kumar @ Suman v. State (nct of Delhi)
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the convict ion of the appellant stands vitiated.
Judgment, page 18
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.313 – Power to examine the accused – Law summarized. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.313 – Non-compliance of – Omission made while questioning the accused u/ s.313, effect of – Appellant was convicted u/ss.302, 307 r/w 120- , IPC and sentenced accordingly –Held: The only alleged incri minating circumstance against the appellant is in the evidence of PW5, who stated that the appellant was standing with a katta in his hand outside the premises where the offence took place–However, this was not put to him in his statement u/s.313– Therefore, he had no
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