Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 221 · Decided 27 August 1971
Kanda Padayachi Alias Kandaswamy v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 221 · [1972] 1 S.C.R. 450
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 19/1971
- Decided
- 27 August 1971
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, I.D. DUA, SUBIMAL CHANDRA ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 26
Headnote
KANDASWAMY v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU August 27, 1971 [J. M. SHELAT, I. D. DUA AND S. C. ROY, JJ.J Evidence Act (1 of 1872), ss. 21 and 26-Statement to doctor admit­ ting incriminating fact-Made by accused while in police custody-If con­ fession and hence irrelevant or relevant by the appellant, while in palicc custody, to the doctor, which established the presence of the appellant in the cleceased's room at about the time of death and together with other circumstances, that he a!One caused the death of the deceased. On the question whether the statement was a
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