Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 443 · Decided 1 July 2014
Duryodhan Rout v. State of Orlssa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 443 · [2014] 9 S.C.R. 139
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2277/2009
- Decided
- 1 July 2014
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 55, 433, 433A, 376(f), 302, 201; CrPC Section 31; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860: ss: 376(f), 302, 201. - Rape and murder-.of 10 year old girl - Conviction based on C circumstantial evidence. - PW1 and PW2 saw the appellant carrying the deceased on a cycle near the jungle but returning back alone after on hour - Confession of appellant that he took the her and then committed rape on her and when she cried, strangulated her D to death - On statement of appellant, Investigating Officer recovered the dead body and underwear of the deceased lying nearby from the jungle - Appellant was last seen with the deceased - There was nothing to indicate
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