Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 136 · Decided 13 February 2007
Shivu and ANR. v. R.G. High Court of Karnataka and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 136 · [2007] 2 S.C.R. 555
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 202/2007
- Decided
- 13 February 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 302, 34; CrPC Section 366
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Sections 376 & 302 rlw 34-Code of Criminal ,_ ~ Procedure, 1973-Section 366-Accused charged for rape and murder- Trial Court convicted the accused on basis of circumstantial evidence and c awarded death sentence-High Court confirmed the conviction and sentence- Correctness as the case falls under 'rarest of rare' category. Accused attempted to commit rape on two girls but were unsuccessful. The accused were admonished and were directed to mend their ways. D Thereafter, the accused raped and murdered the deceased to avoid detection. After investigation,
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