Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1341 · Decided 19 November 1996
Ashok Yadav and ORS. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1341 · [1996] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 820
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 58/1995
- Decided
- 19 November 1996
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 34; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
Indian Penal Cade, 1860: Ss.363, 364 and 302-Kidnapping-A school going child kidnapped- C Later he was found dead-Appellants prosecuted u!Ss,364 and 302--Trial­ Prosecution led evidence as regards kidnapping-Circumstantial evidence­ Conviction and sentence by trial court on both counts of the deceased, but inconclusive with regard to offence of murder-Chain of evidence not complete as to leave no doubt about the D conclusion that appellants commi11ed the murder-Fae/um of kidnapping with intention to commit murder not established-Conviction and sentence u!Ss, 364 and 302 set
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