Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 459 · Decided 24 April 2007
Abdul Vahab Abdul Majid Shaikh and ORS. v. Sta Te of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 459 · [2007] 5 S.C.R. 549
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 525/2004
- Decided
- 24 April 2007
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, G.P. MATHUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 342, 365, 384; Evidence Act Section 30; Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
ABDUL V AHAB ABDUL MAJID SHAIKH AND ORS. A v. • STA TE OF GUJARAT APRIL 24, 2007 [K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, CJ. AND G.P. MA THUR, J.] B t .,, ~ Evidence Act, 1872: S.30-Confession by co-accused-Corroborated by other evidence- c Hence truthful and voluntary-On the basis of confession, complicity B-Recovery of money from the house of A-6 and A-7-Prosecution could not prove that the money recovered was actually ransom paid by agent of victim to the abductor-Moreover, in the confession of co-accused, he did not involve these accused-Acquittal upheld. Terrorist and Disruptive Activities
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