Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 209 · Decided 8 May 2012
Sahadevan & ANR. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 209 · [2012] 4 S.C.R. 366
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1405/2008
- Decided
- 8 May 2012
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 1208; CrPC; Evidence Act Section 27; Constitution
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Two witnesses had allegedly last seen the C deceased with accused - Extra-judicial confession - Recovery of articles at the instance of accused - Conviction by courts below - Appeal by two of the three accused - Held: Prosecution There are contradictions in the statement of the witnesses D - Confessional statements are not worth credence - Last seen theory not proved - Time of death of deceased not established - Motive not proved - Order of conviction is unsustainable - Benefit of the judgment extended to the non­
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