Supreme Court · 1990 INSC 355 · Decided 15 November 1990
Ravikant Bhagoji Dhumal and ORS. ETC. v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1990 INSC 355 · [1990] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 68
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 371/1978
- Decided
- 15 November 1990
- Bench
- L.M. SHARMA, K. RAMASWAMY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 366, 376; CrPC Section 169
Headnote
c Indian Penal Code: Sections 34, 366 and 376-Prosecution­ Duty of-Lead reliable evidence-Establish without reasonable doubt those guilty of offence. A young woman of 29, Km. Chandrakala, was travelling from Goa to Bombay. The bus stopped at about 9.15 p.m. at Bharana Naka near the hotel got down, and she proceeded towards certain structure near a tree for attending call of nature. It is alleged that while she was in the posture of urinating near the structure, accused no. 1 D (appellant no. 1), who was a waiter in the hotel, came from behind, lifted her and carried her away
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