Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 369 · Decided 9 September 2002
Ashish Batham v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 369 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 146
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 148/2002
- Decided
- 9 September 2002
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 449
Headnote
BATHAM V. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH SEPTEMBER 9, 2002 B [DORAISWAMY RAJU AND SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, JJ.) Penal Code, 1860-Section 302 and 449--Murder and house trespass to commit murder--Conviclion based on circumstantial evidence--Concurrenl C findings. bf court be/ow--Sustainability--On appeal held, resulting in murder-Hence conviclion sel aside. Appellant-accused committed house trespass and murder of two D girls. Trial Court relied on circumstantial evidence that appellant-accused failed in love affair with the elder of the two sisters and also failed to marry her; that he was seen entering
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