Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 736 · Decided 19 October 2006
Yuvaraj Ambar Mohite v. Stte of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 736 · [2006] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 677
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1512/2005
- Decided
- 19 October 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860--Section 302-Murder-Conviction by Courts below on circumstantial evidence i.e. accused last seen with deceased and evidence of witnesses-Challenge to-Held: Conviction upheld-Deposition of witnesses showed that deceased was last seen with accused-Accused C remained with deceased would falsely implicate accused­ Sufficient description of accused was given in FIR-He was arrested soon thereafter-Circumstances brought on record by prosecution clearly demonstrate that it was accused alone who committed the murder and in that D view of the matter absence of motive would
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