Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 52 · Decided 18 January 2022
Bhagwani v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 52 · [2022] 8 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 101/2022
- Decided
- 18 January 2022
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, B.V. NAGARATHNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 363, 366A, 364, 346, 376D, 376A, 302, 201; CrPC Section 235(2), 313; Constitution Article 21; POCSO Act Section 5(g)(m)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.363, 366A, 364, 346, 376D, 376A, 302 and 201 - Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - s.5(g)(m) r/w s.6 - Kidnapping, rape and murder of 11 year old girl - Circumstantial evidence - PW-2 (father of victim) along with his one 'AM' in the evening - His 11 years old daughter went missing and was found dead next morning - Appellant alongwith co-accused- 'S' (since deceased) was convicted and sentenced to death - On appeal, held: Medical evidence shows that the deceased was
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