Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 27 · Decided 13 January 2012
Madhu v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 27 · [2012] 2 S.C.R. 986
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 522/2006
- Decided
- 13 January 2012
- Bench
- A.K. GANGULY, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 392, 302, 34; Evidence Act Section 25, 26, 27; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Pen'al Code, 1860- ss. 392 and 302 r/w s.34 - F1obbery C and murder - Case based on circumstantial evidence - Appellant-accused and a co-accused allegedly robbed a woman of the gold ornaments worn by her and murdeired her by forcibly drowning her, when she was sitting on the ghat (place leading o washing utensils - Conviction of appellant by Courts below on basis of recovery of gold ornaments pursuant to confessional statements made by the appellant and the co­ accused before Police; and the factum of the accused having been sighted close to the place of occurrence at or around
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