Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 247 · Decided 21 February 2019
Dattatraya @ Datta Ambo Rokade v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 247 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 295
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1110/2019
- Decided
- 21 February 2019
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, DEEPAK GUPTA, INDIRA BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 376(2)(f), 377, 363, 364, 367, 201, 3; CrPC Section 235(2); POCSO Act Section 3, 4, 5
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 376(2)(f), 377, 363, 364, 367 and 201 r/w ss. 3,4,5 (i) (l) and (m) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - Rape and murder of minor child - Conviction by trial court - Death sentence - High Court confirmed the conviction Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: In view of the forensic reports along with extra-judicial confession made by the accused, conviction upheld - However, there is no material to show that the intention of the accused was to kill the victim - There is also no evidence to show any
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