Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 313 · Decided 6 May 2013
Raj Kumar Singh @ Raju @ Batya v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 313 · [2013] 8 S.C.R. 599
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 931/2009
- Decided
- 6 May 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 376, 201; CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 3
Headnote
A B Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 376 and 201 - Prosecution under - For murder and rape of 4 years old girl - C Circumstantial evidence - Conviction by Courts below - On appeal, held: Prosecution evidence is shaky and chain of links ·connecting the accused with the crime is inconclusive to prove its case beyond_reasonable doubt - Accused entitled to benefit of doubt - Hence o acquitted. Evidence: Circumstantial evidence - In a case of circumstantial evidence, judgment remains essentially inferential, drawn E from the established facts as the circumstances lead to - Hence, all the
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