Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 61 · Decided 25 February 1987
Param Hans Yadav & Sadanand Tripathi v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 61 · [1987] 2 S.C.R. 405
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 423/1986
- Decided
- 25 February 1987
- Bench
- RANGANATH MISRA, M.M. DUTT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 120B; Evidence Act Section 24, 30
Headnote
Indian Evidence Act, 1872: ss.24 & 30-Confession of a co­ accused-Not Substantive evidence against other co-accused in the trial-Can be used only for lending assurance to other substantive evidence-Extra-judicial confession made following assault-Neither vol~ntary nor natural. Indian Penal caught red-handed-Confessed to his crime-Conviction and sentence upheld-Crime whether committed at the behest of co-accused-Where prosecution relies upon circumstantial evidence a clear link to be established and the chain completed to prove conspiracy. A B c D The appellants were
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