Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 23 · Decided 12 January 2023
Boby v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 23 · [2023] 1 S.C.R. 335
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1439/2009
- Decided
- 12 January 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 395, 364, 365, 380, 201, 302; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872 - s.27 - Discovery of Fact - Criminal trial - Three accused - Disclosure statement allegedly made by accused no.3-appellant - Recovery of dead body of complainant's husband - Appreciation of evidence - Held: s.27 requires and the knowledge of the accused as to this, and the information given must relate distinctly to the said fact - The information as to past user, or the past history, of the object produced is not related to its discovery - If a fact is actually discovered in consequence of
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