Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1203 · Decided 8 October 2025
Dashwanth v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1203 · [2025] 10 S.C.R. 587
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3633/2024
- Decided
- 8 October 2025
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SANJAY KAROL, SANDEEP MEHTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 8, 302, 201, 363, 366, 354; CrPC Section 366; POCSO Act Section 5(m), 8
Headnote
Trial Court found appellant guilty for the charges framed u/ss.302, 201, 363, 366 and 354-B of the IPC and s.8 r/w. s.7 and s.6 r/w. s.5(m) of the POCSO Act. An appeal against the said conviction was dismissed by the High Court and confirmed the death sentence awarded to the prosecution has proved the vital circumstances, viz., (i) last seen together theory; (ii) suspicious movement of the appellant captured in the video footage of the CCTV camera installed at a nearby temple; (iii) confessional/disclosure statement made by the appellant leading to the
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