Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 127 · Decided 19 April 1977
Dagdu & Others ETC. v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 127 · [1977] 3 S.C.R. 636
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 437/1976
- Decided
- 19 April 1977
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.K. GOSWAMI, P.N. SHINGAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; CrPC Section 163, 164, 367(5), 554, 164(3), 235(2); Evidence Act Section 114, 29, 133, 24to28
Headnote
. Evidence Act 1912-Sections 114 illustration (b) and 133-Accomplice 01dence, whether a competent ·witness-Whether conviction can be based on u_ncorr&boratul. evidence of an accomplice-Appreciation-Rule of corrobora­ tlon-Presumpllon by courts. Criminal Procedure Code 1989-Sections 1960 oj Bombay High Court-PaYa 18 -Failure to comply with Sec. 164(3) and High Court circulars if renders con­ fessions inadmissible in evidence-Evidence Act, Section 29. C:iminal Procedure Code 1973- Sections 235, 354-Hearing, accused on the question of sentence-I/ mandatory-If appellate
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