State Of Punjab vs Harjagdev Singh

The Supreme Court overturned the Punjab and Haryana High Court's acquittal of the accused in a murder case under Section 302 IPC, emphasizing that both extra-judicial and judicial confessions were admissible under Sections 24 and 26 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, and Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The Court held that the trial court's conviction was justified based on the confessions and the evidence presented. The Supreme Court reinstated the conviction, affirming the trial court's findings and rejecting the High Court's conclusions regarding the confessions' validity.