Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 257 · Decided 25 February 2009
Narayan v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 257 · [2009] 2 S.C.R. 1200
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 386/2009
- Decided
- 25 February 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201
Headnote
' Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 201 - Conviction - On the basis of circumstantial evidence - On appeal, held: C Circumstances relied on for conviction, establish the guilt of the accused - Conviction confirmed. Evidence - Circumstantial Evidence - Reliance on - Held: Conviction can be based on for reliance before conviction, discussed. Appellant-accused was prosecuted for offences punishable u/ss. 302 and 201 IPC. Prosecution was based on circumstantial evidence. Courts below convicted him placing reliance on the circumstances. Hence the present E appeal. Dismissing the appeal, the
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