Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 133 · Decided 17 February 2023
Ram Gopal S/O Mansharam v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 133 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 402
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 9221/2018
- Decided
- 17 February 2023
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 106
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 - Conviction under - Evidence Act 1872 - s. 106 - Prosecution case is that petitioner-accused had taken victim-deceased - Thereafter the very next day, victim was found lying dead on road u/s. 302 IPC - High Court confirmed the conviction - On appeal, held: The time gap between the period when the deceased was last seen with the accused and the recovery of the corpse of the deceased being quite proximate, the non-explanation of the petitioner with regard to the
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