Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 629 · Decided 27 May 2022
Chandrapal v. State of Chhattisgarh (Earlier M.P.)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 629 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 366
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 378/2015
- Decided
- 27 May 2022
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201, 34; Evidence Act Section 30
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 201/34 - Murder - Prosecution case that a girl and a boy having a love affair went missing and ten days later their dead bodies found hanging on the tree in decomposed state - Allegations of accused and other co-accused - Conviction u/ss. 302/34 and 201/ 34 and sentenced accordingly - In appeal, the High Court upheld the order of conviction and sentence as regards the appellant, however, set aside the conviction of co-accused u/s. 302/34, but upheld for the offence
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