Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 966 · Decided 23 April 2014
Alber Oraon v. State of Jharkhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 966 · [2014] 9 S.C.R. 330
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1868/2012
- Decided
- 23 April 2014
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, VIKRAMAJIT SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 201 - Murder- Appellant was assigned the construction of house by the deceased woman C - They developed intimacy and appellant started living with her - Informant found that deceased woman and her children not seen for few days by neighbours - Their dead bodies exhumed toilet of the house of deceased woman - Conviction and death sentence by courts D below - Held: No interference with the conviction and sentence - The convict did not offer convincing explanation as to why he did not report prolonged absence of the deceased to the police - The convict was a mason
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