Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1078 · Decided 26 August 2009
State of Rajasthan v. Naresh @ Ram Naresh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1078 · [2009] 13 S.C.R. 589
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 837/2002
- Decided
- 26 August 2009
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 394
Headnote
f Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302 and 394 - Murder- Lady c killed and her ornaments taken away- Both legs of deceased amputated - Prosecution case rested on circumstantial evidence - Conviction by trial court - Acquittal by High Court - Challenge to - Held: Evidence regarding commission of offence by and amputation of legs of D 1 deceased neither cogent nor reliable - Recovery of ornaments shrouded in total mystery - Alleged weapon of offence recovered from open place and did not contain blood stains - View taken by High Court plausible view, therefore, benefit must go to accused and not to
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