Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 257 · Decided 23 March 2018
Gorusu Nagaraju S/O Apparao v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 257 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 60
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1032/2007
- Decided
- 23 March 2018
- Bench
- R.K. AGRAWAL, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201; CrPC Section 235(2)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss.302 and 201 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Conviction of appellant-accused by trial court affirmed by High Court - Concurrent findings of the courts below - On appeal, held: The chain of events which led to death of the deceased any break implicating the appellant with the chain of events - Appellant could not prove any material contradiction or inconsistency in evidence - No reason to interfere with the concurrent finding of the courts below. Appeal: Concurrent findings of the lower courts - Held:
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