Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 268 · Decided 26 February 2009
Pawan v. State of Uttaranchal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 268 · [2009] 3 S.C.R. 468
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1000/2006
- Decided
- 26 February 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, A.K. GANGULY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3021201134, 376, 302134, 201134, 377, 302, 201, 34; CrPC; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 3021201134 and 376 - Rape and murder of a child of six years - Trial court relying on circumstantial evidence convicting the accused and sentencing each of them to death - Sentence commuted to life imprisonment by High Court - HELD: Courts below have rightly held completing the chain pointing towards guilt of the accused only - Sentence awarded by High Court calls for no interference - Circumstantial evidence. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: s. 7-A -· Plea of juvenility - HELD: School leaving certificate produced
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