Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 515 · Decided 1 August 2014
Ramesh v. State Through Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 515 · [2014] 7 S.C.R. 956
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 592/2010
- Decided
- 1 August 2014
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, V. GOPALA GOWDA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 302, 201
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 -· ss. 376, 302 and 201 - Rape and murder - Prosecution case that accused committed rape of C 8 year old girl and she died due to neurogenic shock - On the basis of evidence on record, accused convicted uls. 376, 302 and 201 and sentenced accordingly - Justification of - not call for interference - Non-mentioning of the name of the accused o in the initial FIR not fatal to the prosecution case - Last seen theory proved - Confessional statement of the accused corroborated - Circumstantial evidence indicate towards th,e guilt of the accused and the evidence
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