Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 817 · Decided 27 February 2025
Gauri Mahto @ Gauri Kumar v. The State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 817 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 2122
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1134/2016
- Decided
- 27 February 2025
- Bench
- J.K. MAHESHWARI, ARAVIND KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 364A, 395, 120(B), 34
Headnote
Whether in the facts of the case, prima-facie offence u/s.364-A, IPC against appellant is made out or not. Penal Code, 1860 - s.364-A - Kidnapping for ransom, etc. - Offence u/s.364-A, if prima-facie made out against appellant: Held: No whether the house from where the child (PW-12) was recovered belonged to appellant or not - Appellant was not identified either by the father (PW-13) of the child or the child himself - No cogent evidence regarding any ransom demand made by the appellant - Furthermore, the
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