Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 29 · Decided 8 January 2019
Devi Lal v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 29 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 168
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 148/2010
- Decided
- 8 January 2019
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, K.M. JOSEPH, AJAY RASTOGI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 120B; CrPC Section 164
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 and s.120B - Murder alleged against four accused - Prosecution - Circumstantial evidence - Trial court convicted the two appellants-accused relying on evidence of three witnesses and on extra-judicial confession made by one of accused were acquitted - High Court confirmed the order of trial court - On appeal, held: Extra-judicial confession is not proved - The chain of circumstances is also not complete and coherent to permit conviction of appellants-accused on the basis thereof without any trace of
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