Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 370 · Decided 16 December 1988
State (Delhi ADMN.) v. Jagjit Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 370 · [1988] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 1093
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 640/1988
- Decided
- 16 December 1988
- Bench
- B.C. RAY, N.D. OJHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 121, 121A, 153, 153A, 302, 307; CrPC Section 306, 308; Evidence Act Section 132
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: Section 306--Person accepting tender of pardon-To be examined as witness i~ Court of Magistrate taking cognizance of offence as well as trial Court-Person resiling from earlier statement-Liability to be examined not absolved. Many explosions took place in May 1985 in FIR No. 238 of 1985 was registered wherein the respondent and another accused turned approvers and were granted pardon under section 306 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Both these approvers however resiled from their statements in the Court of the Committing Magistrate. Four Criminal
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