Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 679 · Decided 6 October 2010
Santosh Kumar Singh v. State THR. Cbi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 679 · [2010] 13 S.C.R. 901
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 87/2007
- Decided
- 6 October 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 302; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
A 8 Penal Code, 1860: ss. 376, 302 - Conviction based on circumstantial evidence - Victim found dead in her house with C 19 injuries on her person with three broken ribs - Trial court acquitted the accused holding that although few circumstances were in favour of prosecution, however, DNA report case against the accused was not proved beyond reasonable doubt - High o Court9relying on the circumstantial evidence, convicted the accused ulss. 302, 376 and awarded death sentence - On appeal, held: Circumstances formed a chain so complete that there was no escape from the conclusion
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