Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164, 207, 173 -- Confessional statement of accused - Supply thereof - Held, there is no prohibition in law to supply a copy or a certified copy of a confessional statement of an accused, to accused, at any stage before filing of charge-sheet - However, accused has no legal right to seek a copy or a certified copy of his/her..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164, 207, 173, Constitution of India, 1950, Article 19, 21 -- Freedom of press - Media trial - Confessional statement - Reporting thereof - Duty of media - Held, in case, even before filling a charge-sheet, if media gets an access to a confessional statement of an accused or even without getting such an access reports incorrectly..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164 -- Retracted confession - Evidentiary value of - Held, retracted confession cannot be the basis of conviction unless the said confession is corroborated by other evidence...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164 -- Confession - Proof of - Non-examination of Magistrate - Effect of - Confession which was made by appellant before Magistrate has been marked as exhibit - Non-examination of Magistrate who recorded the statement u/s 164 Cr.P.C. - Held, it cannot be the ground for disbelieving the said statement of accused...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164 -- Statement recorded u/s 164 Cr.P.C. - Not a substantive evidence - It can be used only to corroborate or to contradict the witness...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164 -- Confessional statement leading to recovery of articles - Doubt regarding its authenticity or voluntariness - Witness before whom it was recorded denied it to have been recorded in his presence - No evidence to show that wearing apparels containing blood stains belonged to the accused - Nothing to show that blood stained clothes..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482, 164, 161, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 363, 366 -- Kidnapping of girl - Order letting victim to freely go to place of her choice - Quashing of - Magistrate passed said order on basis of statement of victim recorded u/s.164 Cr.P.C against very object of S.164 Cr.P.C. - Magistrate recorded statement within 15 days of her..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164 -- Confessional statement - Cannot be recorded on oath - Such statement when recorded on oath is of no help to the prosecution...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164 -- Extra judicial confession - Recorded by Executive Magistrate at police station - Compliance of provision, required u/s 164 Cr.P.C. also not made - Held, such statement cannot be used as extra judicial confession...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Confession - Retracted - Unless a retracted confession is corroborated in material particulars, it is not prudent to base conviction in a criminal case on its strength alone...........
