SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
PERUMAL RAJA @ PERUMAL
VERSUS
STATE, REP. BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE
JANUARY 03, 2024.
Held that the expression 'custody' used in Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act does not mean formal custody.
"It includes any kind of restriction, restraint or even surveillance by the police. Even if the accused was not formally arrested at the time of giving information, the accused ought to be deemed, for all practical purposes, in the custody of the police," observed a bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti.
