Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 953 · Decided 11 October 2018
Uppala Bixam @ Bixmaiah v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 953 · [2018] 12 S.C.R. 600
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1548/2010
- Decided
- 11 October 2018
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201, 379; CrPC Section 313
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 201 - Murder - Prosecution case that a shepherd took his sheeps for grazing and did not return home - On basis of confessional statement of appellant, recovery of the dead body of the shepherd and sheeps - Conviction of and imposition of life imprisonment by the courts below - Sustainability of - Held: Prosecution case needs to be examined whether the circumstances are established and that they form a complete chain in establishing the guilt of the accused - On facts, death of the shepherd was
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