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Particulars

1.

The Nithari incident (Para 3-15)

2.

Disappearance of victim A (Para 16-19)

3.

Documentary evidence of prosecution (Para-20)

4.

Oral evidence of prosecution (Para 21)

4a.

Statement of accused u/s 313 Cr.P.C. (Para 22-23)

5.

Defence Evidence (Para 24-25)

6.

Chronology of events (Para 26)

7.

7. Issues framed during trial u/s 354(1)(b) Cr.P.C. (Para 27-28)

8.

Circumstances relied upon by the court of Sessions to hold the accused guilty (Para 29)

9.

Arguments in support of appeal (Para 30-73)

10.

Arguments on behalf of the prosecution (CBI) (Para 74-83)

11.

Issues arising in the appeal (Para 84-87)

12.

Law on recovery u/s 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. (Para 88-96)

13.

Analysis of evidence on the aspect of arrest of accused, disclosure by him and the recovery (Para 97-150)

14.

Evidence of previous recovery of biological material from the same spot (Para 151-161)

15.

Circumstance of accused SK luring girls and cutting body parts before experts at AIIMS (para 153-161)

16.

Circumstances leading to confession of accused (Para 162-181)

17.

Contents of transcription of recorded confession (Para 182)

18.

Retraction of confession by the accused (Para 183-186)

Law on confession:-

(i) Confession is viewed with circumspection (Para 187-198);

(ii) Confession has to be read as a whole (Para 199-200);

(iii) If tainted in part, the taint attaches to each part of the confession (Para 201-202)

(iv) Confession must be voluntary and true (Para 203-204);

(v) Burden to prove that confession is voluntary is on the prosecution (Para 205-206);

(vi) Role/duty of court in recording confession (Para 207-209)

19.

Analysis of evidence on the aspect of confession to ascertain Voluntariness and truthfulness:-

Prolonged police custody (Para 211-221);

Delayed confession to facilitate tutoring? (Para 222-224);

Torture to accused (Para 225-234);

Confession letter to ACMM New Delhi (Para 235-237);

No proper medical examination of accused SK (Para 238-241);

Prosecution stand on torture (Para 242);

Evidence on torture (Para 243-248);

Confession in view of Section 28 of the Evidence Act (Para 249-250);

Facets of confession in this case (Para 251-267);

Safeguards under Section 164 Cr.P.C. (Para 268-274);

No effective legal aid (Para 275-280);

Non compliance of procedural safeguards under Section 164 Cr.P.C. (Para 281-288);

No conclusive finding of voluntariness prior to recording of confession (Para 289-290);

Confession not properly proved (Para 291-297);

Confession not shown to be true, rather, contradicted by other evidence? (Para 298-299);

No independent corroboration of murder, rape or cannibalism (Para 300-309);

Events mentioned in confession improbable (Para 310-318);

20.

Scientific evidence relied upon by prosecution (Para 319-339)

21.

Impact of previous judgment in the case of 'XYZ' :- (Para 340-408)

(i) Supreme Court in 'XYZ' only affirmed the findings, conclusion and sentence of the High Court in respect of accused SK; (Para 340-341)

(ii) High Court restricted its findings only to the case of 'XYZ' and were not to apply in other cases of Nithari killings, including this case; (Para 342-343)

(iii) Evidence in the case of 'XYZ' distinct from the case of A; (344-365)

(iv) Judgment in 'XYZ' not an evidence in the present case; (366-380)

(v) Can the judgment in 'XYZ' be a binding precedent; (381-400)

(vi) Can previous judgment operate as issue estoppel.(401-408)

22.

Alternative hypothesis consistent with innocence of accused relied upon by the acc