Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:199091-DB

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Index

In

Nithari Judgement

CAPITAL CASE No. - 5183 of 2017

With

CAPITAL REFERENCE No. 10 of 2017

Surendra Koli ……..Appellant

Versus

State through Central Bureau of Investigation …….Respondent

With

CAPITAL CASE No. - 4404 of 2017

With

CAPITAL REFERENCE No. 10 of 2017

Moninder Singh Pandher ....Appellant

Versus

Central Bureau of Investigation and another …….Respondent

Sl. No.

Particulars

Page No.

1.

The Nithari incident (Para 3-15)

6-12

2.

Disappearance of victim A (Para 16-19)

13-14

3.

Documentary evidence of prosecution (Para-20)

14-22

4.

4a.

Oral evidence of prosecution (Para 21)

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

23-26

26-27

5.

Defence Evidence (Para 24-25)

27-28

6.

Chronology of events (Para 26)

28-40

7.

Issues framed during trial u/s 354(1)(b) Cr.P.C.

(Para 27-28)

40-41

8.

Circumstances relied upon by the court of

Sessions to hold the accused guilty (Para 29)

41-42

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

Arguments in support of appeal (Para 30-73)

Arguments on behalf of the prosecution (CBI)

(Para 74-83)

Issues arising in the appeal (Para 84-87)

Law on recovery u/s 27 of the Indian Evidence

Act, 1872. (Para 88-96)

Analysis of evidence on the aspect of arrest of

accused, disclosure by him and the recovery

(Para 97-150)

42-59

59-65

65-66

66-75

75-96

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14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

Evidence of previous recovery of biological

material from the same spot (Para 151-161)

Circumstance of accused SK luring girls and

cutting body parts before experts at AIIMS (para

153-161)

Circumstances leading to confession of accused

(Para 162-181)

Contents of transcription of recorded confession

(Para 182)

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)

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);

96-97

97-100

100-112

112-140

140-145

146-157

157-160

160-161

162-164

164-168

168-169

170

170-178

178-179

179-183

183-184

184-185

185-186

186-187

187-188

188-195

195-197

197-200

200-203

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20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

•

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);

Scientific

evidence

relied

upon

by

prosecution(Para 319-339)

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 '