Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 455 · Decided 5 October 2012
Shanti Devi v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 455 · [2012] 9 S.C.R. 226
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 954/2005
- Decided
- 5 October 2012
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 302 and 201 - Appellant causing murder, and with the help of three others, burying the dead body in a place adjacent to her house - Principles as to circumstantial evidence, culled out - Held: In the instant case, the circumstances from the day 0 the deceased went to the till recovery of his dead body at her instance, which have been found proved, formed a chain closely linked together without giving any scope for any other conclusion than a definite tendency unerringly pointing towards the guilt of the accused­ ap pell ant - In the circumstances,
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