Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 429 · Decided 19 April 2022
MOHD. Firoz v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 429 · [2022] 19 S.C.R. 168
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 612/2019
- Decided
- 19 April 2022
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, S. RAVINDRA BHAT, BELA M. TRIVEDI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 376(2)(i), 376(2)(m), 363, 366, 376A; CrPC Section 304, 313; Evidence Act Section 106; POCSO Act Section 302, 376(2)(i), 376(2)(m), 363, 366, 376A, 6
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - Ss. 302, 376(2)(i), 376(2)(m), 363, 366, 376A - Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) - ss. 5 (i), 5 (m), 6 - Evidence Act, 1872 - s. 106 - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss. 304, sexual assault on the young child-victim - Appellant-accused along with one another accused person was convicted for death sentence and life imprisonment, respectively, by the trial court for the offences u/ ss. 302, 376(2)(i), 376(2)(m), 363, 366 IPC r/w. s. 5(i) r/w. s. 6 and s.5(m) r/w.
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