Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 104 · Decided 15 February 2013
Vivek Kalra v. State .OF Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 104 · [2013] 1 S.C.R. 1070
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 221/2007
- Decided
- 15 February 2013
- Bench
- A.K. PATNAIK, C.K. PRASAD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 8
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Medical evidence that 2 of the 9 injuries on the C deceased could not have been caused by the alleged weapon of offence - Courts below on the basis of the motive •and circumstances of the case convicted the accused - On appeal, of motive would not affect the prosecution case where the chain of other D circumstances establish beyond reasonable doubt that the accused and accused alone committed the offence - Circumstances of the present case prove the prosecution case beyond reasonable doubt - As per the medical
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