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Lochan Shriwas vs State Of Chhattisgarh 15 Cra/328/2012 ... on 17 November, 2017

"Awarding of death sentence amounts to taking away the life of an individual, which is the most valuable right available, whether viewed from the constitutional point of view or from the human rights point of view. The condition of providing special reasons for awarding death penalty is not to be construed linguistically but it is to satisfy the basic features of a reasoning supporting and making award of death penalty unquestionable. The circumstances and the manner of committing the crime should be such that it pricks the judicial conscience of the court to the extent that the only and inevitable conclusion should be awarding of death penalty." (See also: Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab AIR 1980 SC 898; Machchi Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab AIR 1983 SC 957; and Devender Pal Singh v. State NCT of Delhi & Anr. AIR 2002 SC 1661)."
Chattisgarh High Court Cites 45 - Cited by 0 - P Diwaker - Full Document

Yakub Abdul Razak Memon vs State Of Maharashtra Th:Cbi Mumbai on 21 March, 2013

140) In Devender Pal Singh vs. State of NCT of Delhi, (2002) 5 SCC 234, this Court was considering, among other things, whether the accused making the confessional statement can be convicted on the basis of the confession alone without any corroboration. It was held that once it is found that the confessional statement is voluntary, it is not proper to hold that the police had incorporated certain aspects in the confessional statement which were gathered during the investigation conducted earlier. It was held that the so-called retraction by the appellant was made long after he was taken into judicial custody. It was also observed that:
Supreme Court of India Cites 232 - Cited by 165 - P Sathasivam - Full Document

State vs Adambhai on 1 June, 2010

The weight to be attached to the truthful and voluntary confession made by an accused under Section 15 of the TADA Act came to be considered again in a recent three Judge Bench decision in Devender Pal Singh v. State of N.C.T of Delhi & Anr. [JT 2002 (3) SC 264]. It was held in the majority opinion that the confessional statement of the accused can be relied upon for the purpose of conviction and no further corroboration is necessary if it relates to the accused himself.
Gujarat High Court Cites 85 - Cited by 0 - R M Doshit - Full Document
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