Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 268 · Decided 9 May 2005
Murlidhar and ORS. v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 268 · [2005] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 175
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 355/2004
- Decided
- 9 May 2005
- Bench
- P. VENKATARAMA REDDI, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 302134, 302, 149, 148, 201, 34, 147; Evidence Act Section 106
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Section 364 and 302134-Commission of abduction and murder-Conviction affirmed by High Court under section 364 and 3021 34-Justification of-Held: There was evidence regarding abduction of the C victim with an intention to dispose him of as to put him in the danger of being not inspiring confidence-Also High Court wrongly relied on rule of burden of proof under section 106 of the Evidence Act and drew an inference that the abductors murdered the victim when facts were especially in the knowledge of abductors and they did not D give any explanation as to what
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)