Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 956 · Decided 19 September 2017
Ganpat Singh v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 956 · [2017] 9 S.C.R. 706
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 630/2009
- Decided
- 19 September 2017
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
9 S.C.R. 706 GANPAT SINGH v. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 630 of2009) SEPTEMBER 19,2017 [N. V. RAMANA ANU DR. D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, JJ.f Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Dead body found in a dry well - identified to be that of PW-4 '.~ mother - Appellant absconded immediately aper manifest error on the part of the High Court in holding that the body of the deceased was recovered at the instance of the appellant - The appellant was arrested several months after the recovery of the body D - Hence, the recove1:v of the body could not have been (and was not) at his instance -
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