Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 20 · Decided 10 January 2014
State of Gujarat v. Ratansingh @ Chinubhal Anopsinh Chauhan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 20 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 397
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 403/2007
- Decided
- 10 January 2014
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 302, 201
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: A B ss.376, 302 and 21 - Rape and murder- Charges of- c Circumstantial evidence - Conviction by trial court and sentence of death - Set aside by High Court - Held: High Court has rightly held that the evidence led by the prosecution does not establish a complete chain of the accused with the murder of 0 deceased - There are significant defects and shortcomings in the investigation; witnesses have come out with contradictory versions; and have made significant improvements in their versions in their depositions in the court - In a case of circumstantial evidence,
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