Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 574 · Decided 6 December 2000
Gura Singh v. The State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 574 · [2000] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 408
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1184/1998
- Decided
- 6 December 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 154
Headnote
v. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN DECEMBER 6, 2000 B [K.T. THOMAS AND R.P. SETHI JJ.] Penal Code, 1872-Section 302- Conviction of-Prosecution's case based on extra judicial confession-All witnesses closely related to the appellant-Confession made immediately after the occurrence and not C procured incriminating articles- Held, conviction based on the testimony of other witnesses is justified. D Extra judicial confession-Witness did not concur oniy on a post event detail -Witness declared hostile by the prosecution-Court gave permission to the prosecutor to cross-examine the witness-
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