Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1385 · Decided 17 December 2019
Manju v. State of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1385 · [2019] 15 S.C.R. 151
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1268/2013
- Decided
- 17 December 2019
- Bench
- MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Prosecution under - For killing new-born baby girl by strangulating her - Courts below convicted the accused on the basis of circumstantial evidence - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: Conviction cannot be based solely on circumstantial of the case show that there was possibility of natural death of the child - The evidence is not sufficient to bring home the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt and hence acquitted. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. To base conviction solely on the circumstantial evidence,
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