Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 207 · Decided 9 September 1975
Mohmed Inayatullah v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 207 · [1976] 1 S.C.R. 715
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 131/1971
- Decided
- 9 September 1975
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, R.S. SARKARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 379; Evidence Act Section 27, 114
Headnote
L\iJence Act (l of 1872), s. 27-Scopc of-S. 114(a)--Scope of. 715 The appellant was charged with an offence of theft of three- drums of chemiQa1s. He was taken into police custody. On interrogation he said: "! wiU tell ~he place of deposit of the three chemical drums V.'hich I took out. mentioned by him. The trial court held that the. information given by the appellant as a result of which the stolen drums were discovered, was admissible und~r s. 27 of the Evidence Act and that under illustration (a) to s. 114 Evidence Act, the appellant would be presumed to be the thief.
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