Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1135 · Decided 22 September 2025
Nagamma @ Nagarathna & ORS. v. The State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1135 · [2025] 9 S.C.R. 1239
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 425/2014
- Decided
- 22 September 2025
- Bench
- K.V. VISWANATHAN, K. VINOD CHANDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 27, 25
Headnote
In the instant case, whether the motive projected and the crime has been proved and whether the circumstances lead to the culpability of the accused. Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Evidence Act, 1872 - s.27 - Allegation that a police police man-victim - The victim-deceased made persistent demands for repayment of the loan - This led to A2, the wife of A1, calling the victim to her home on the pretext of repaying the debt - At night, victim was made immobile by throwing chili powder on his face and hacked to
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