Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 128 · Decided 28 April 1972
Nika Ram v. The State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 128 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 428
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 11/1972
- Decided
- 28 April 1972
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, HANS RAJ KHANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 374; Evidence Act
Headnote
Code of Crinzinal Procedure s. 164--Confe.rsion recorded by Magistrate not empowered to record it is inadtnissible-So ir oral evidence of such n1aglstrate in support of the confession-Reduction of sentence, considera­ Jionf fnr, The appellant was tried by the Sessions Judge for an offence had suspected the fide:ity of his wife because he believed that a son born tc: her was not his. The wife was last seen in· the company of the appellant on the evening of the murder. It was alleged that the appellant went to the Tahsildar and made a confession. The Tahsildar
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