Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1115 · Decided 1 October 2008
Inspector of Police, T.N. v. Palanisamy @ Selvan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1115 · [2008] 14 S.C.R. 126
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 177/2003
- Decided
- 1 October 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act
Headnote
·:r Evidence Act, 1872 - Circumstantial evidence - Con- viction under s.302 /PC on the basis of circumstance that wit- \ c '• nesses last saw <Jeceased in company of accused before the incident and extra judicial confession made by accused be- , fore the village head - Acquittal by ,_ evidence of prosecution witnesses - Correctness of - Held: D Correct - The incident took place at night- Witnesses claimed to have identified accused from his voice but such identifica- \ tion was not possible as there was no evidence to show that -\- witnesses were closely acquainted
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