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Ramu Appa Mahapatar v. The State of Maharashtra

Whether on the strength of the evidence of the four witnesses, the appellant-accused can be linked with the offence; whether it can…

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
3 Feb 2025
Citation
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 388
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 608/2013
Bench
Abhay S. Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan

Issue for consideration

Whether on the strength of the evidence of the four witnesses, the appellant-accused can be linked with the offence; whether it can be said that the charge against the accused of committing murder of the deceased stood conclusively proved beyond all Circumstantial evidence – Extra-judicial confession – When cannot be relied upon – Appellant convicted for the murder of his live-in partner (‘M’), on the basis of extra-judicial confession allegedly made by him before PW-1 (landlord) and PW-3 (brother of the

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