Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 983 · Decided 19 September 2022
Raju @ Rajendra Prasad v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 983 · [2022] 7 S.C.R. 241
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1559/2022
- Decided
- 19 September 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, KRISHNA MURARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34
Headnote
Penal Code - ss.302, 34 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - As per FIR, the appellants-accused (wife of the deceased and co- accused) had illicit relations - It was further stated that on account of disputes, the accused started residing in her paternal house - and the children back, however, on the next day his body was found hanging from tree - Appellants convicted u/s.302 r/w s.34 - On appeal, held: Case of the prosecution is based on circumstantial evidence - There is no direct evidence that the appellants killed or committed the
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