Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 859 · Decided 23 July 2008
Bantu v. The State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 859 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 184
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 117/2007
- Decided
- 23 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 364, 376
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 364, 376 - Rape followed c by murder - Death penalty - Appellant raped minor girl aged 5 years and thereafter murdered her by inserting stem/stick in her vagina - Death sentence by Courts below - Justification of- Held: Justified, since the case at hand belonged to - Proportionate punishment. D Evidence - Circumstantial evidence - Appreciation of According to the prosecution, Appellant raped a mi- nor girl aged 5 years and thereafter murdered her by in- serting stem/stick in her vagina. Appellant was found in a E naked condition at the spot and was
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