Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 497 · Decided 28 October 1994
Mahabir Biswas and ANR. v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 497 · [1994] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 241
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 14/1991
- Decided
- 28 October 1994
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY, M.K. MUKHERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364134, 302, 34, 201, 379; Evidence Act Section 30
Headnote
Evidence Act, I872-Section 30- Confession-Evidentiary value-Its use against a co-accused. Indian Penal Code, I860- Section 302134- Murderous assault- C Retracted judicial confessions-Discoveries made pursuant to statements of two accused-Conviction-Whether legally sustainable. The two appellants, under Sections 364134, 302/34, 201/34 and 379 IPC. The appellants were convicted u/s 302/34 IPC and sentenced to death. D On reference, the High Court while upholding the conviction of the two appellants commuted their sentence to imprisonment for life . The case of the prosecution was that
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