Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 690 · Decided 6 June 2007
Ajay Singh v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 690 · [2007] 7 S.C.R. 983
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 829/2007
- Decided
- 6 June 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act
Headnote
) v. ST A TE OF MAHARASHTRA JUNE 6, 2007 [DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND D. K. JAIN, JJ.) B ) Evidence Act, 1872: Extra-Judicial confession- 'Confession' and 'Statement '-Distinction c between-Accused prosecuted u/s. 302 /PC for causing death of his wife- Witness hearing accused uttering that death of difference in the language the accused is supposed to have stated-There is inconsistency in the statements of the witnesses as to what 0 was uttered by the accused-Besides, PW/ is inimical to accused and PW3 I - is his wife-It would, therefore, not be safe to place reliance on the so called )
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