Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 505 · Decided 4 May 2022
Ravinder Singh @ Kaku v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 505 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 589
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1307/2019
- Decided
- 4 May 2022
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, VINEET SARAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 65B(4)
Headnote
Penal Code,1860: ss. 302 r/w 120B and 364 - Murder and kidnapping - Kidnapping and murder of two minor children - Conviction of the main accused and other co-accused including the mother of the children and imposed death sentence for offence punishable u/s. 302 r/w 120B and ten punishable u/s. 364 - However, the High Court acquitted the co-accused and sentenced the main accused to rigorous imprisonment for 20 years - On appeal, held - When conviction is based solely on circumstantial evidence, it is imperative that the chain of circumstances is
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