Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 451 · Decided 27 September 2005
State of Andhra Pradesh v. Kanda Gopaludu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 451 · [2005] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 643
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1018/1998
- Decided
- 27 September 2005
- Bench
- H.K. SEMA, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC; Evidence Act
Headnote
B Penal Code, J860-Section 302-Conviction by Trial Court on basis of extra-judicial confession allegedly made by accused before PWs. J to 3 as also the evidence of the JO and the doctor-But acquittal by High Court- C On appeal, Held: Reasoning of High Court that the accused made confession before of the JO well corroborated in material particulars by the evidence of the Doctor-Plea of the accused that deceased committed suicide completely belied by medical evidence, hence can be taken as an additional link in the chain of circumstances against the D accused-Additional
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