Supreme Court of India
Rajesh & Anr. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
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Before parting with the case with our verdict, we may note with deep and profound concern the disappointing standards of police investigation that seem to be the invariable norm.
Judgment, page 25
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Issue for consideration: In a case based on circumstantial evidence as there was no eyewitness to the kidnapping and murder, and where the prosecution’s case essentially turned upon the ‘recoveries’ made at the behest of the appellants-convicts, purportedly u/s.27, Evidence Act, whether their conviction on diff erent counts and death sentence imposed on two out of the three appellants was justifi ed, when the confessions were made before their arrest and prior to being ‘accused of any off ence’. Evidence Act, 1872 – ss.26, 27 – Being in ‘the custody of a police offi cer’ and being ‘accused of an
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