Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 707 · Decided 8 November 2021
Irappa Siddappa Murgannavar v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 707 · [2021] 11 S.C.R. 51
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1473/2017
- Decided
- 8 November 2021
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, SANJIV KHANNA, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 376, 364, 366A, 201; CrPC Section 235(2)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 376, 364, 366A and 201 - Rape and murder - Prosecution case that accused raped and murdered a five year old girl, and then disposed of her body, tied in a gunny bag, into the stream - Conviction and sentence for commission of offence u/s. 302, 376, 364, Upheld by the High Court - On appeal, held: On overall view of the evidence and witness statements adduced by the prosecution, the chain of circumstances affirmatively establishes the guilt of the appellant - Contradictions and inconsistencies highlighted in the prosecution's
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