Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 835 · Decided 5 December 2011
Akram Khan v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 835 · [2011] 13 S.C.R. 459
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2248/2011
- Decided
- 5 December 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364A
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: A B ss. 364-A and 120-B - Kidnapping of a minor boy for c ransom - Conviction and sentence of imprisonment for fife awarded by trial court, affirmed by High Court - Out of three convicts, one filing the appeal - Held: From the evidence of the witnesses, it is clearly established the appellant, kidnapped the minor boy 0 of the complainant, demanded ransom from him for release of the child and also threatened that if the demand was not met his son would be killed -The High Court was right in maintaining the conviction and the sentence and its judgment does not suffer
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