Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 412 · Decided 21 April 2023
Vikas Chaudhary v. The State of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 412 · [2023] 4 S.C.R. 748
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2276/2022
- Decided
- 21 April 2023
- Bench
- K.M. JOSEPH, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120; CrPC Section 433A
Headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: Imposition of a fixed term sentence of 30 years, without remission - Correctness of - Victim aged 18 years, kidnapped for ransom and on the same day was killed by strangulation, and the body was burnt, to eliminate evidence - of murder, the accused regularly made ransom calls to the family - Trial court convicted all the accused persons u/ss. 302, 364A, 201, r/w s. 120B - Appellants-A-1 and A-2 also convicted u/s. 411 with A-1 additionally u/ss. 420, 468 and 471 and sentenced to life imprisonment
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