Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 362 · Decided 28 April 2015
Upendra Pradhan v. State of Orissa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 362 · [2015] 5 S.C.R. 214
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2174/2009
- Decided
- 28 April 2015
- Bench
- PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, R.K. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302134; Juvenile Justice Act Section 7(A), 2(k), 15
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302134 - Murder - Three persons convicted by trial court while accused-appellant given benefit of doubt - High Court held that accusation against appellant was proved beyond reasonable doubt - o Appeal against conviction -Appellant took plea of juvenility and presence of view passed by trial court was not manifestly illegal, perverse and did not cause miscarriage of justice- Trial court was rightly in giving him benefit of doubt- Further, as per school records, E t/10 appellant was less than 18 years at the time of incident­ Plea of juvenility can be raised
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