Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 250 · Decided 25 February 2008
Liyakat v. State of Uttaranchal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 250 · [2008] 3 S.C.R. 397
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 378/2008
- Decided
- 25 February 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201
Headnote
,. Pena/Code, 1860-ss. 302and201-Murder-Ofa 1!h year old child - His dead body found buried - Two accused - Deceased child went missing barely within three hours after c being given in custody of the accused persons by parents of the child - Conviction of accused-appellants on basis of Justified - Offence can be proved by circumstantial evidence also - Accused gave no explanation regarding disappearance of the D ~ "' deceased child - They also did not explain as to how the dead body came to be buried in their hut - Non-explanation of this vital circumstance added to the
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