Case Name : Hari Charan Kurmi and Jogia Hajam vs State of Bihar Case Reference: (1964) 6 SCR 623 Case Number: Crl A No 208/1963 Court: Supreme Court Bench: 05 Coram: PB Gajendragadkar (Author), KN Wanchoo, KC Das Gupta, JC Shah, N Rajagopala Ayyangar Date: 03.02.1964
Suspicion, however grave, must not be allowed to take he place of proof (Page 635)
Confession of a co-accused person cannot be treated as substantive evidence and can only be pressed into service when court is inclined to accept other evidence (Page 631, 635) There must be some other evidence (Page 634)
The confession mentioned in section 30 is not evidence under section 3. Evidence - Section 30, Evidence - Section 3
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