Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 147 · Decided 3 February 2025
Ramu Appa Mahapatar v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 147 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 388
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 608/2013
- Decided
- 3 February 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 161; Evidence Act
Headnote
Whether on the strength of the evidence of the four witnesses, the appellant-accused can be linked with the offence; whether it can be said that the charge against the accused of committing murder of the deceased stood conclusively proved beyond all Circumstantial evidence - Extra-judicial confession - When cannot be relied upon - Appellant convicted for the murder of his live-in partner ('M'), on the basis of extra-judicial confession allegedly made by him before PW-1 (landlord) and PW-3 (brother of the
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