Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 520 · Decided 11 May 2023
Raj Kumar @ Suman v. State (Nct of Delhi)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 520 · [2023] 5 S.C.R. 754
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1471/2023
- Decided
- 11 May 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 313, 313(5)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.313 - Power to examine the accused - Law summarized. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.313 - Non-compliance of - Omission made while questioning the accused u/s.313, effect of - Appellant was convicted IPC and sentenced accordingly -Held: The only alleged incriminating circumstance against the appellant is in the evidence of PW5, who stated that the appellant was standing with a katta in his hand outside the premises where the offence took place-However, this was not put to him
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