Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 82 · Decided 2 April 1970
Thimma Alias Thimma Raju v. State of Mysore
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 82 · [1971] 1 S.C.R. 215
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 245/1969
- Decided
- 2 April 1970
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, A.N. RAY, I.D. DUA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 201, 302; Evidence Act Section 24, 8
Headnote
G " THIMMA alias THIMMA RAJU v. STATE OF MYSORE April 2, 1970 21S [M. H!DAYATULLAH, C.J., A. N. RAY AND I. D. DUA, JI.] El'idence Act (I of 1872), ss. 8 and 17-Evidence oJ absconding­ Re/e.•ancy and weight-Information, already with po/ice-Discovery as a ,.,·rn/t of accused's The entire evidence was circumstantial and the dead body, when it was recovered, was in a dec~mpo;ed state and was incapable of identification. Therefore, this Court, examined the evidence afresh, contrary to its settled practice and came to the conclusion that the evidence on record
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)