Supreme Court of India

Krishan Kumar and Anr v. The State of Haryana

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Reported as [2023] 11 S.C.R. 861
Bench C. T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar JJ.
Decided 8 August 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that evidence of PW-7 on extra judicial confession could not inspire confi dence.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: Conviction of the appellants-accused u/ ss.201, 300, 302, IPC r/w s.34 based on circumstantial evidence, consisting of evidence of last seen, extra judicial confession, recovery of w eapon of off ence and motive, if justifi ed. Evidence – Circumstantial evidence – Conviction based upon – When not justifi ed: Held: Categoric fi nding of the courts below on appreciation of the oral testimonies of the prosecution witnesses is that none of the witnesses had spoken of having lastly seen the deceased in the company of the accused alive and together – Thus, there cannot be any

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Of those, 1 relied on

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