Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 794 · Decided 28 November 2013
Madhu @ Madhuranatha & ANR. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 794 · [2013] 12 S.C.R. 947
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1357/2011
- Decided
- 28 November 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 302, 201, 34; CrPC Section 174, 313
Headnote
Evidence - Circumstantial evidence - Appreciation of - Prosecution case that with the motive of committing robbery, A B the three accused-appellants murdered the son of PW-22, C robbed him, chopped off his head and buried the trunk of his body and threw the head and the weapon of offence in the evidence, both the courts below reached to a conclusion that the appellants had committed the crime - Convictiorrof appellants u/ss.364, 302, D 201 rlw s.34 alongwith death sentence - Challenge to - Held: Conviction can be based solely on circumstantial evidence - On facts, no reason to
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