Sri Charan L v. Sri.P.S.Nayak
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: quashing; Section 482 CrPC; cognizance order; confessional statement; self-incriminating statement; Section 161 CrPC statement not substantive evidence; no corroborative material; co-accused statement; Surinder Kumar Khanna (2018) 8 SCC 271; Badrul Muneer Crl.P. 4263/2020; Manasa B.S. Crl.P. 5528/2018; Adarsha S.P. Crl.P. 3435/2018 distinguished; A.S. Krishna (2004) 11 SCC 576 and Minakshi Bala (1994) 4 SCC 142 distinguished; Sections 468, 471, 420 r/w 34 IPC; CC 1086/2013; Cr. 85/2011 Lakshmipuram PS; Mysore University Enquiry Committee; VIII Addl. I CJ & JMFC Mysuru; Karnataka High Court, 22.06.2026, Ravi V Hosmani J. Use: cite for the proposition that prosecution founded purely on an accused's Section 161/confessional statement, uncorroborated, cannot be sustained; proceedings quashed qua petitioner only (co-accused not affected).
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; proceedings in CC no.1086/2013 (offences punishable under Sections 468, 471, 420 read with Section 34 IPC, pending before VIII Addl. I C.J and J.M.F.C., Mysuru) quashed insofar as the petitioner (accused no.13) is concerned.