Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 38 · Decided 22 January 1998
Vinayak Shivajirao Pol v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 38 · [1998] 1 S.C.R. 309
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 595/1997
- Decided
- 22 January 1998
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, M. SRINIVASAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
YAK SHIV AJIRAO POL A v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA JANUARY 22, 1998 [M.M. PUNCHHI, CJ. AND M. SRINIVASAN, J.] B Indian Penal Code, 1860-Sec., 302-Murder of wife-Extra Judicial Confession-Highly decomposed headless body recovered fi'om well-Post Mortem report-Death due to haemorrhage-Confession that statement-High Court convicting placing reliance on Statement of Confession-On appeal, held no ambiguity in the Extra Judicial Confession-No reliance can be placed on Post Mortem report-Hence High, Court justified in holding the appellant guilty of D Murder-However, since it is not a rarest
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