Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 325 · Decided 1 April 2020
Raja @ Ayyappan v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 325 · [2020] 4 S.C.R. 1112
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1120/2010
- Decided
- 1 April 2020
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, DEEPAK GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 164; Evidence Act Section 15; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 - s.15 - Conviction of appellant on the basis of confession - Plea of appellant that the alleged confession was not recorded in a free atmosphere and prescribed procedure under the Act and rules were not followed and, therefore, the confession was not admissible in evidence as it was not voluntary - Held: In the instant case, confession was recorded by the Superintendent of Police (PW-28) - In the evidence of PW-28, there was nothing to show that the appellant-accused was warned as required
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