Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 216 · Decided 8 May 2012
Nagesh v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 216 · [2012] 5 S.C.R. 872
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 671/2005
- Decided
- 8 May 2012
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, SWATANTER KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: s.302 - Murder- Conviction based on circumstantial evidence - Allegation that victim-deceased C who was residing with accused no. 1 in Belgaum was alone in the house on the day of occurrence - Appellant-accused no. 2 came there and tried to outrage her modesty and when she poison to her - Witnesses saw accused no. 1 0 taking the deceased in a car brought by accused no.2 - Accused no. 1 told neighbours that he was taking the deceased to hospital as she has taken poison - Police jeep also came there - Deceased was put into the car and the car and the police
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