Supreme Court · 1955 INSC 46 · Decided 27 September 1955
Machander, Son of Pandurang v. State of Hyderabad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1955 INSC 46 · [1955] 2 S.C.R. 524
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 9/1955
- Decided
- 27 September 1955
- Bench
- VIVIAN BOSE, B. JAGANNADHADAS, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 342
Headnote
524 SUPREME COURT REPORTS MACHANDER, SON OF PANDURANG ti. STATE OF HYDERABAD. [1955] [VIVIAN BosE, JAGANNADHADAS and B. P. SINHA JJ.] Examination of the accused-Duty of trial court-Failure to examine accused on material points-Effect-Acquittal-Code of Criminal Procedure (Act V of 1898), His confession, made 8 days after his arrest, led to certain discover­ ies but he was never questioned about it by the trial court under s. 342 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The High Court excluded the confession fro!ll the evidence, upheld the conviction but altered the
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