Lovepreet Singh Alias Love v. State of Punjab
Case brief
What is this about?
Petitioner; co-accused disclosure statement as sole evidence; statement recorded while co-accused in police custody; question mark on credibility and admissibility; no recovery of incriminating material or discovery of fact; prima facie hit by Section-23 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA); evidentiary value of custodial disclosure; fragmentary/truncated judgment, order portion missing.
What did the court decide?
The only evidence collected by the investigating agency against the petitioner is the disclosure statement of the petitioner's co-accused. ¶6