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K. SURESH REDDY, K. SREENIVASA REDDY
Syam Dondiya – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
K. SREENIVASA REDDY, J.
1. This Criminal Appeal by the appellant-sole accused is directed against the judgment, dated 26.04.2016, in Sessions Case No. 73 of 2015 on the file of the VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Srikakulam at Sompeta whereby the appellant was found guilty of the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and accordingly he was convicted of the said offence and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs.2,000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for a period of six months. The learned Sessions Judge found the appellant/accused not guilty of the charge under Section 201 IPC and accordingly acquitted him of the said charge.
2. The substance of the charges framed against the appellant/sole accused are that on 31.11.2011 at about 4.00 PM at Badagam village, Kanchili mandal, he did commit murder of Udaya Gowd @ Ujwal Gowd (hereinafter referred to, as ‘the deceased’) by chopping neck and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 302 IPC, and having knowledge that the accused committed an offence punishable under Section 302 IPC, the accused caused certain evidence of the
Extrajudicial confessions require corroboration and cannot solely establish guilt without reliable evidence.
Extrajudicial confessions are weak evidence and require corroboration; reliance on them must be cautious and supported by credible evidence.
Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain pointing to guilt, and extrajudicial confessions require corroboration to be credible.
Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain pointing to guilt, and extrajudicial confessions require corroboration to be reliable.
(1) Extra-judicial confession – Extra-judicial confession is a weak piece of evidence – If extra-judicial confession suffers from material discrepancies or inherent improbabilities and does not appea....
Extrajudicial confession can support a conviction if credible, corroborated by other evidence, and satisfies standards for circumstantial evidence.
Extra-judicial confessions, even without prior acquaintance, can be credible if made immediately post-offence, supporting murder convictions.
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