Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 526 · Decided 16 September 2004
Surendra Pal Shivbalakpal v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 526 · [2004] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 464
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 259/2004
- Decided
- 16 September 2004
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, AR. LAKSHMANAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 363, 376, 302; CrPC Section 235(2)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: Ss. 363, 376 and 302-A child kidnapped, ravished and done to death­ Jn the night accused seen with a girl on his shoulders-On the following day in the early morning body of girl found indicating sexual assault on her- · His conduct immediately prior to the incident and the crime­ Conviction and sentence of death awarded by trial court confirmed by High Court-Held, both the courts below appreciated the evidence in correct perspective and rightly found the accused guilty-Conviction confirmed, but sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
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