Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 243 · Decided 28 August 1962
Babu Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1962 INSC 243 · [1963] 3 S.C.R. 749
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 121/1962
- Decided
- 28 August 1962
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.C. DAS GUPTA, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 201; CrPC Section 364(3)
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPOR'rS 749 BABU SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB (P.' B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K. C. DAS GUPTA and J. R. MUDHOLKAR, JJ.) Criminal Trial-Confession-Voluntariness of-Circuma-· tances showing confession involuntary-Duty of Magistrate recori£ing confession-Code of Criminal dead body at the instance of appellant Babu Lal from his Kotha. The courts below held that the confessions were duly recorded and were voluntary and relying upon them and on the evidence of the recovery of the dead body convicted both the appellanh under ss. 302 and 201 rt>ad with s.34, Indian
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