Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 179 · Decided 3 April 2002
George v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 179 · [2002] 2 S.C.R. 895
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 427/2000
- Decided
- 3 April 2002
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, BRIJESH KUMAR, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 392, 302; Evidence Act Section 114
Headnote
OF KERALA APRIL 3, 2002 [M.B. SHAH, BRIJESH KUMAR AND D.M. DHARMADHIKARI, JJ.) B Penal Code, 1860-Sections 392 and 302. Evidence Act, 1872: s.114 Illustration (a). Circumstantial evidi;nce-Appreciation of Robbery-Conviction based on circumstantial evidence-Articles worn by the D Circumstantial evidence~Recovery of dead body of the deceased from the river-Long after commission of robbery by the accused-Absence of external!internal injury on the dead body-No circumstance which may lead to the only inference that accused and none else was responsible for drowning of the
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