Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1248 · Decided 5 November 2008
MOHD. Azad @ Samin v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1248 · [2008] 15 S.C.R. 468
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1729/2008
- Decided
- 5 November 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201, 34; CrPC Section 164(2)
Headnote
i. Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 201 rlw s. 34 - Death -! , caused by two persons - Circumstantial evidence - c Confession of one of the accused - Deceased last seen together with the accused - Recovery of articles at the instance of one of the accused - Conviction by On appeal, held: Conviction justified - Prosecution case proved - Confessional statement reliable as made in strict D compliance of s. 164 (2) Cr.P.C. and was made voluntarily. Evidence - Circumstantial evidence - Reliance on - r Held: Conviction can be based on such evidence - Condition
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