Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 565 · Decided 13 May 2022
Veerendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 565 · [2022] 4 S.C.R. 225
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 5/2018
- Decided
- 13 May 2022
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, DINESH MAHESHWARI, C.T. RAVIKUMAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376A, 376(2)(i), 302, 6, 304, 300; CrPC Section 313, 354(3), 53A; Evidence Act; POCSO Act Section 376A, 376(2)(i), 302, 6
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 376A, 376 (2)(i), 302 - POCSO Act - s. 6 - Rape and murder of a minor girl - Prosecution case that appellant-accused had raped and throttled to cause death of victim, who was daughter of appellant's cousin sister - While in custody statement and thereafter, at his instance, the victim's corpse concealed underneath gunny bags, was recovered - The post-mortem and the forensic science laboratory (FSL) reports revealed commission of rape in a diabolically and gruesome manner and causing of death by throttling
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