Kerala High Court Holds Under S.27 Evidence Act That Discovery From One Accused Cannot Implicate Others

The Kerala High Court held that information obtained from a single accused under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act cannot be used to connect multiple accused to an offence.

The petitioner, the second accused in a case of theft under Sections 457, 380, read with Section 34 of the IPC, challenged his conviction arising from a liquor theft.

Justice P.V. Balakrishnan noted that the investigating officer failed to record separate statements for each accused, making it impossible to attribute the information to all.

Subsequently, the Court set aside the conviction and released the petitioner.

[Selvan v State of Kerala]

[Selvan v. State of Kerala]