Supreme Court of India
Mulla Afroz v. Union of India
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the conclusion in respect of the question concerning the use of confessional statements in justifying detention orders rendered in Suman (supra) cannot be sustained, and are accordingly overruled to that extent.
Judgment, page 26
In brief
Violence broke out on 24th November, 2024 during a survey of a mosque at Sambhal, in which four persons died; several FIRs followed, though the appellant was not named in the first FIR (Case Crime No. 333 of 2024). He was arrested 54 days later on 17th January, 2025, an extra-judicial confessional statement was recorded in police custody, and a .32 bore pistol was allegedly recovered, though the deceased had died of .315 bore bullets.…
Authorities it was built on
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- 1961 The Commissioner of Income-tax, Madras v. K.t.m.t.m Abdul Kayoom
- 2006 Senthamilselvi v. State of Tamil Nadu and Anr.
- 1989 Shafiq Ahmad v. District Magistrate, Meerut & Ors.
- 1952 Palvinder Kaur v. Ihe State of Punjab
- 1989 State of Punjab v. Sukhpal Singh
- 1979 Mohammad Yousuf Rather v. The State of Jammu & Kashmir and Ors.
- 1999 Powanammal v. State of Tamil Nadu and Anr.
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