Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 208 · Decided 8 May 2012
Alagupandi @ Alagupandian v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 208 · [2012] 4 S.C.R. 342
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1315/2009
- Decided
- 8 May 2012
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c s.302 - Accused committing murder of his step mother - Conviction and sentence of life imprisonment awarded by trial court, affirmed by High Court - Held: The prosecution case is to a very limited extent, based upon circumstantial evidence and largely there exists ocular and the prosecution case - The evidence of the brother of the deceased, whose presence in the house was natural, supported by evidence of t,·,e witnesses, medical evidence, the recovery weapon of crime made on disclosure statement of accused, the serological reports and the motive E for the
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