Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 329 · Decided 16 April 2015
Kiriti Pal v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 329 · [2015] 4 S.C.R. 726
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 50/2014
- Decided
- 16 April 2015
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 30211208, 302; Evidence Act Section 106
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss.30211208- Conviction based on circumstantial evidence -A-1 became acquainted with the victim-deceased, a widow and developed intimacy with her - On fateful day, deceased wen! out with A-1 to attend a 0 function at a school and next day she was found dead - Trial court death sentence and convicted A-4 u/s. 1208 and sentenced him to life imprisonment - High Court upheld conviction uls.302 and set aside the conviction u/s.376(2)(g) E and modified death sentence to life imprisonment - On appeal, Held: The time when the deceased was with A-1 and was found dead
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