Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 486 · Decided 26 October 1999
Molai and ANR. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 486 · [1999] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 104
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 678/1999
- Decided
- 26 October 1999
- Bench
- S.P. KURDUKAR, K.T. THOMAS, N. SANTOSH HEGDE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(g), 302134, 201
Headnote
Criminal Law: t Penal Code, 1860: Sections 376(2)(g), 302134 and 201. Circumstantial evidence-Rarest. of rare case-Mitigating circumstances-Absence of-First accused was working as a guard in the Central Jail and second accused was a prisoner in the same jail undergoing sentence for an raped the deceased when she was alone in the D house-Thereafter, accused strangulated the deceased and threw the dead body into a septic tank-Held: The accused exhibited criminality in their conduct by throwing the dead body into the septic tank totally disregarding respect for a human
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