Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 93 · Decided 24 January 2008
Vinod v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 93 · [2008] 1 S.C.R. 1141
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 165/2008
- Decided
- 24 January 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c s. 364 A - Kidnapping of boy aged 9 years for ransom - Conviction u/s. 364 A and sentence of life imprisonment by courts below - Interference with - Held: Not called for - Prosecution clearly established commission of offence of kidnapping - Legislature prescribes stringent A - Kidnapping for ransom - Necessary ingredients - Stated. ss. 359 and 362 - 'Kidnapping' and 'Abduction' - Distinction between. E Words and phrases: 'Demand' - Meaning of. According to the prosecution case, PW-2-son of PW- 1, aged 9 years was kidnapped for a ransom of Rs. 10 lakhs. On the
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