Supreme Court · [2024] 12 S.C.R. 1072 · Decided 17 December 2024
Sambhubhai Raisangbhai Padhiyar v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- [2024] 12 S.C.R. 1072
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 5412/2024
- Decided
- 17 December 2024
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, ARAVIND KUMAR, K.V. VISWANATHAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 4, 6, 302, 364, 377; Evidence Act; POCSO Act Section 4, 6, 5, 29, 30, 364
Headnote
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order of conviction and death sentence to the appellant for offences punishable u/ss.302, 364 and 377 IPC and ss. 4 and 6 of the POCSO, for committing murder and brutal sexual assault of the 4 year old ss.302, 364, 377 - Protection of Children from Sexual offences Act, 2012 - ss.4, 5, 6, 29 - Murder, kidnapping and sexual assault - Case of brutal sexual assault and murder of four year old boy - Trial court convicted and sentenced the appellant to death for
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