Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 850 · Decided 21 July 2008
Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu v. Balaprasanna
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 850 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 31
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1125/2008
- Decided
- 21 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872: s.27 - Confessional statement leading to recovery of ar- c tic/es - Prosecution while relying upon the confessional state- ment leading to recovery of articles under s.27 of the Act, has to prove through cogent evidence that the statement was made voluntarily and led to On facts, alleged confession made belatedly - Hence cannot be relied D upon as it created doubt regarding its authenticity and A voluntariness - Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302. Circumstantial evidence - Links in the chain of circum- stances - Held: Must be complete and proved by cogent evi- dence -
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