Supreme Court of India

Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu v. Muthusamy and Anr.

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Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 10 September 2008

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We are of the opinion that the E .High Court's judgment does not suffer from any infirmity to war- rant any interference.

Judgment, page 3

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Criminal Trial - Conviction by Trial Court - Set aside by. High Court - On grounds that extra judicial confessions were not reliable; that witnesses resiled from statements made dur- c ing investigation and that there was manipulation in date of receipt of report by Magistrate from police station - Held: In ' view of these discrepancies, no case made out for interfer- ence in the judgment of High Court - Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 rlw s:34. 'f '· According to the prosecution, the deceased was throttled and poison was also administered to ·him.

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