Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 119 · Decided 20 February 2014
Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 119 · [2014] 3 S.C.R. 34
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1419/2012
- Decided
- 20 February 2014
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, VIKRAMAJIT SEN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 377, 201; CrPC Section 235(2)
Headnote
PENAL qoDE, 1860: SS. 302, 377 and 201 - Sodomy, buggery and bestiality - Murder - Minor aged 10 years C subjected to carnal intercourse and then strangulated to death - Conviction and death sentence - On appeal, held: Evidence of prosecution witnesses in its entirety trustworthy and of accused categorically stated that she had heard the cries of the victim-deceased coming from the room of accused D during mid-night and she could not sleep tiff the cries subsided - She had no axe to grind against her own brother and was a trustworthy witness - School bag of the deceased and
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