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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
S.S.SUNDAR, SUNDER MOHAN
J.Eswaran – Appellant
Versus
State by the Inspector of Police, Puduchadram Police Station – Respondent
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| 1. background of the criminal appeal and allegations against the accused. (Para 1 , 2) |
ORDER :
1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed by the sole accused, challenging the conviction and sentence imposed upon him vide judgment dated 06.02.2020 in S.C.No.3/2016 on the file of the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Namakkal.
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(i) It is the case of the prosecution that PW1 is the wife of the deceased; that PW4 is the daughter of the deceased and PW1; that appellant/accused is the husband of PW4; that appellant/accused frequently used to quarrel with his wife for not bearing a male child and also for not bringing wedding gifts equivalent to that was given to the second daughter (the sister of PW4) of PW1; that on 24.10.2010 at about 8.45pm, the appellant/accused quarrelled with his wife and had beaten her; that PW4 called the deceased over phone and told that she was beaten and ill-treated by her husband/appellant; that her father (the deceased) rushed to the house of the appellant and picked up a quarrel; that the appellant took a stick and beaten the deceased and that after the deceased fell down, the accused had flung a stone on the deceased, resulting in the death
Extra-judicial confessions are weak evidence and require corroboration; reliance on such confessions without substantive proof renders convictions unsafe.
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.
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Extrajudicial confession can support a conviction if credible, corroborated by other evidence, and satisfies standards for circumstantial evidence.
(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....
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