Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 198 · Decided 3 March 2023
Nikhil Chandra Mondal v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 198 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 20
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2269/2010
- Decided
- 3 March 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, SANJAY KAROL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
Evidence - Extra-judicial Confession - Evidentiary value - Lady found murdered by a sharp cutting weapon - During investigation, revealed that the appellant-husband of the deceased had confessed before the prosecution witness that he had murdered the deceased with the spot where the body of the deceased was found - However, the trial court found the evidence of the witnesses contradictory to each other and not trustworthy, and acquitted the appellant - In appeal, the High Court convicted and sentenced the appellant u/s. 302 - Interference
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