Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 253 · Decided 29 May 2012
Jugendra Singh v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 253 · [2012] 6 S.C.R. 193
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 82/2008
- Decided
- 29 May 2012
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 511; CrPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: A B ss. 302 and 376 read with s. 511 - Accused causing c death of a 9 year old girl by strangulation in an attempt to commit rape on her - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by High Court - Life imprisonment awarded - Held: Medical report clearly says that the death was caused the evidence of witnesses and 0 the medical evidence, only a singular view is possible that the accused had made an attempt to commit rape and he was witnessed while he was strangulating the child with a shirt - The trial Judge had given unnecessary importance to absolutely minor discrepancies
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