In Brief
The appellant was convicted of murder (Section 302 IPC) based primarily on an extra-judicial confession recorded by a Tahsildar. The Supreme Court held that the confession was unreliable—suspiciously detailed, appearing fabricated to corroborate future witness evidence. Key prosecution witnesses turned hostile; motive, abduction, and conspiracy were unproved; and physical evidence (blood analysis) was compromised by procedural irregularities. The Court ruled that conviction solely on an extra-judicial confession, without reliable corroborating circumstances, is unsafe and unjustified. The conviction was set aside and the appellant acquitted.
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