Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 551 · Decided 10 December 1999
State of Maharashtra v. Suresh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 551 · [1999] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 215
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1092/1998
- Decided
- 10 December 1999
- Bench
- G.T. NANAVATI, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
B · · Penal Code, 1860 : ·' Sections 302 and 376-Rape and murder' of .minor child-No eye­ witnesses-Reliable and formidable circumstances established by C prosecution-Such circumstances forming into complete chain and unerringly pointing to the accused-Held, accused material recovered at the instance of a,ccused-No explanation offered by accused about source of such knowledge-Effect of-Held, presumption arises against accused that concealment made by him only-­ False answer by accused to an incriminating circumstance-Held, . such circumstance
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