Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 467 · Decided 24 August 2004
Gilbert Pereira v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 467 · [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 711
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 752/2003
- Decided
- 24 August 2004
- Bench
- P. VENKATARAMA REDDI, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 397, 379; Evidence Act Section 114
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302 and 397-Murder-Robbery or dacoity-Circumstantial evidence-Murder of a young girl and robbing her of her gold ornaments- C Father of deceased girl had sent her to his house from his coconut garden shortly before the incident-The accused was seen near the scene of the bathroom of a house, to which the accused had access, he being the son of the owner's brother-Gold ornaments worn by the D deceased were missing when her dead body was recovered-These ornaments and a knife were recovered at the instance of the accused­ Accused made extra-judicial
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