Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 138 · Decided 2 May 1969
Abdul Rajak Murtaja Dafedar v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 138 · [1970] 1 S.C.R. 551
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 245/1968
- Decided
- 2 May 1969
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, R.S. BACHAWAT, V. RAMASWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 325, 427; CrPC; Evidence Act
Headnote
MURTAJA DAFEDAR v. STA],$ OF MAHARASHTRA . : May 2, 1969 B [S. M. SIKRI, R. S. BACHAWAT AND V. RAMASWAMI, JJ.J c D E F G H Criminal Procedure Code (5 of 1898), s. 164-Confession to Magis. Irate-Prolonged police custody-When confession can be held to b.e not voluntary. Evidence Act ( 1 of nuts aod bolts of a rail joint and thus know­ ingly caused a derailment resulting in the death of ten passengers travelling in a passenger train. The evidence against him consisted of his confessional statement to the Magistrate, discovery of a spanner as a result of his state­ ment
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