Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 444 · Decided 4 March 2025
Karandeep Sharma @ Razia @ Raju v. State of Uttarakhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 444 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1482
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 630/2018
- Decided
- 4 March 2025
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SANJAY KAROL, SANDEEP MEHTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376A, 302, 366, 363, 201; CrPC; Evidence Act Section 24, 25, 26; POCSO Act Section 5, 6
Headnote
In a case based on circumstantial evidence, whether the concurrent conviction of the appellant-accused for the kidnapping, rape/sexual assault and murder of a minor is sustainable. Circumstantial evidence - Penal Code, 1860 - ss.376A, - Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - ss.5, 6 - Kidnapping, rape/sexual assault and murder of minor - Case based on circumstantial evidence - Appellant was convicted, death sentence awarded - Sustainability: Held: Unsustainable -
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