Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 109 · Decided 7 February 2018
State of Maharashtra v. Dinesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 109 · [2018] 2 S.C.R. 515
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1871/2013
- Decided
- 7 February 2018
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - Murder and destruction of evidence - Prosecution alleged that accused no.1 committed murder and accused no.2-respondent destroyed the evidence by cutting the corpse of the deceased into pieces and disposing them -Trial Court convicted accused no.1 u/s. 302 and r/w. s.34 - High Court acquitted both the accused persons - On appeal, held: State failed to furnish correct address of the accused no.1 for effecting service in the criminal appeals - Consequently, criminal appeals against accused no.1 dismissed for non-prosecution -
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