ZAKIR ABDUL MIRAJKAR vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Supreme Court of IndiaJudgment24 August 2022

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The Supreme Court of India decided this matter on 24 August 2022. The registry identifies it as Diary No. 14201/2020. The bench of 3 comprised Justice A.S. Bopanna, Justice Chief Justice and Justice J.B. Pardiwala.

The disposal recorded by the registry is "Appeals dismissed; confessions recorded by officers of the rank of Addl. SP are admissibl…". The record refers to 6 enactments, among them Indian Penal Code, 1860, Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887 and Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999. 17 statutory provisions are noted on the record.

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Court	Supreme Court of India
Record type	Judgment
Diary number	Diary No. 14201/2020
Date of decision	24 August 2022
Decision year	2022
Bench	HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.S. BOPANNA HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA
Petitioner	ZAKIR ABDUL MIRAJKAR
Respondent	THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
Disposal	Appeals dismissed; confessions recorded by officers of the rank of Addl. SP are admissible if statutory safeguards are…
Reporting	reportable
Acts	Indian Penal Code, 1860 Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887 Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949 Bombay Police Act, 1951 Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019
Sections	Sections 143, 147, 149, 395, 307, 353, 332, 155, 109, 324, 323, 427 IPC Sections 4 and 5 of the Gambling Act Sections 21(2), 21(3), 23 of the MCOCA Section 65(e) of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act Sections 37 and 135 of the Bombay Police Act Section 23(1)(a), 23(2), 23(1)(b), 23(1)(a) of MCOCA Section 18 of MCOCA Section 25 of Indian Evidence Act Section 8 of Bombay Police Act Section 2(1)(d), 2(1)(e), 2(1)(f) of MCOCA Section 3(1), 3(2), 3(4), 3(5) of MCOCA Section 9 of the SC/ST Act Rule 3(4) of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Rules, 1999 Section 2 of the All India Services Act, 1951 Rule 2(a), 2(b) of Indian Police Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954 Section 2 of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951 Rules of 1975 and 1987 for recruitment and promotion

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