Perumal Raja @ Perumal.v. State, Rep. by Inspector of Police(Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 863 of 2019)03 January 2024 [Sanjiv Khanna* and S. V. N. Bhatti, JJ.]
Evidence Act, 1872 – s.27 – “in the custody of a police officer”– Interpretation – Case based on circumstantial evidence– Appellant was taken into custody during the course of investigation for the murder of his Uncle – However, he made a disclosure statement – Appellant along with other co-accused had murdered his uncle’s son-deceased (appellant’s cousin)who was missing for months and his body was first dumped in the sump tank and later retrieved, cut into two parts,put in sack bags, and thrown in the river/canal – Appellant subsequently arrested in the present case – On the basis of the disclosure statement, parts of the dead body and sack bags were recovered – Other articles were also recovered –Appellant’s conviction and sentence u/ss.302 and 201, Penal Code, 1860, challenged: