Supreme Court · 1985 INSC 72 · Decided 27 March 1985
Henry Westmuller Roberts, ETC. ETC. v. State of Assam & ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1985 INSC 72 · [1985] 3 S.C.R. 533
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 545/1982
- Decided
- 27 March 1985
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, A. VARADARAJAN, SABYASACHI MUKHERJI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120, 120B; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Code of Criniinal Procedure, 1973, s. J64-C011fessiona/ Statemet1t-Tin1e for Reflection to the accused-If ow muc:h sltould be given-Magistrate giving only three hours to accus'l!dfor rcf/ectio11-Wluther it is insufficient and 111akcs the state11ie11t inad1nissiblc in el'i:lcnce-Held, Confessional bec~use 011/y 3 hours', time is given for reflection if it is otherwise acceptable. The deceased-a boy of 9 was playing with the children in the Pandal near a Shiva Temple on 26th March 1975 which was a day of 'Holi' festival. The prosecution's case is thJt accused Nos. l and 2 kidnapped and
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