Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 658 · Decided 31 July 2018
Surinder Kumar Khanna v. Intelligence Officer Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 658 · [2018] 9 S.C.R. 338
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 949/2018
- Decided
- 31 July 2018
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 24, 25, 27; NDPS Act Section 21, 29, 50
Headnote
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - s.21 r/w. s.29 - Conviction of appellant under, based on confessional statements of co-accused - Propriety of - Held: Confessional statement of co-accused cannot by itself piece of evidence against another co-accused and can at best be used or utilized in order to lend assurance to the Court - In the present case, apart from the statements of co-accused there is no material suggesting involvement of the appellant in the crime in question - In
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