Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 457 · Decided 24 April 2007
Prakash Kumar @ Prakash Bhutto v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 457 · [2007] 5 S.C.R. 532
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 526/2001
- Decided
- 24 April 2007
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, G.P. MATHUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 1208, 342, 365; Arms Act
Headnote
KUMAR @ PRAKASH BHUTTO v. STATE OF GUJARAT APRIL 24, 2007 [K.G. BALAKRISHNAN CJ. AND G.P. MA THUR, J.) Penal Code, 1860-Sections 1208, 342 and 365-Conviction under­ On basis of confession made by co-accused-Correctness of-Held: Confession C made was to the effect that the accused in the to prove the guilt of the accused-Thus, conviction of accused not correct and is set aside-Evidence. D According to the prosecution case, the appellant-accused in criminal , Appeal No. 526 of2001 along with other accused kidnapped a business man, confined him and extorted money. Complaint was
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