Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 14 · Decided 7 January 2014
State of Gujarat v. Kishanbhai ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 14 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 197
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1485/2008
- Decided
- 7 January 2014
- Bench
- C.K. PRASAD, J.S. KHEHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 135(1)
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: A 8 ss.376, 302, 201, 363, 369 and 394 - Rape and murder c of a six year old girl - Her legs amputed above ankles and anklets stolen - Circumstantial evidence - Conviction by trial court and sentence of death - Acquittal by High Court giving the accused benefit of doubt - Held: case is to be based on circumstantial 0 evidence, establishing of a complete chain from the evidence produced by prosecution becomes essential -- High Court has rightly pointed out several missing links in the chain of circumstances leading to failure of prosecution to establish guilt of
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