Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 904 · Decided 4 August 2008
I. Ravindra Reddy v. SHAIK. Khader Masthan and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 904 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 873
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1216/2008
- Decided
- 4 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, G.S. SINGHVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 302, 404, 201, 109
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860- ss. 364, 302, 404 and 201 rlw s. 109 A B - Prosecution under - Circumstantial evidence - Deceased last seen together with the accused persons - Time gap be- c tween the point when deceased was seen alive and when he was missing was very small - Accused persons identified by seen the deceased last in the company of the accused - Conviction- by trial court - Acquittal by High Court holding that chain of circumstances not complete - On D appeal, held: Acquittal not justified - High Court did not indi- ~ cate any reasons for its finding - Order of trial court restored.
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