Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 481 · Decided 27 April 2007
Ramkrushna v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 481 · [2007] 5 S.C.R. 818
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1157/2006
- Decided
- 27 April 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872: s.27-Discovery of handle of knife on confession of accused-Held : c Admissible under S.27-Knife found in the pitch of manure at village- Hence, it is not correct to contend that knife was recovered from open space-Pena/ Code, 1860-ss. 302134. s.8-Motive-When presence of accused of witness-Held: Can be relied on. ~ . Prosecution case was that there was property dispute between the deceased and accused no. l. Appellant-accused no.2 is brother-in-law of accused E no. 1. They went to the house of deceased armed with a knife and a large stick known as 'Ubhari' and shut
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