Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 793 · Decided 4 September 2023
Munna Pandey v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 793 · [2023] 11 S.C.R. 1005
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1271/2018
- Decided
- 4 September 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, J.B. PARDIWALA, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 4, 302, 376; CrPC Section 162, 366, 53(1), 53A, 302, 376; Evidence Act Section 165, 145; POCSO Act Section 4
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: Whether the High Court erred in confi rming the conviction and death sentence passed by trial court against appellant- accused for off ences punishable u/ss.302, 376, IPC and s.4, POCSO Act, 2012, despite serious lapses in the entire investigation. Penal Code, of Children from Sexual Off ences Act, 2012 - s.4 - Serious lapses in investigation, confi rmation of conviction and death sentence - Propriety: Held: s.162, CrPC does not prevent a Judge from looking into the record of the police investigation - Being a case of rape
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