Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 896 · Decided 24 November 2006
Babubhai Udesinh Parmar v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 896 · [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 401
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1635/2005
- Decided
- 24 November 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 164, 313
Headnote
B Code of Criminal procedure, 1973; Ss. 164 and 313: Rape and murder of a minor girl-Judicial confession-Trial Court found accused guilty of committing offences of rape and murder and imposed C death penalty-Affirmed by High Court-On appeal, Held: Apart from purported confession, no other material purported confession-Oath administered to accused which is prohibited in law-It assumes significance since his evidence on oath also recorded-A judicial D confession admissible in evidence and treated as relevant fact-A judgment of conviction could be based on a confession if found to be
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