Supreme Court of India

Molai and Anr. v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 104
Bench S.P. Kurdukar, K.T. Thomas and N. Santosh Hegde JJ.
Decided 26 October 1999

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Criminal Law: t Penal Code, 1860: Sections 376(2)(g), 302134 and 201. Circumstantial evidence-Rarest. of rare case-Mitigating circumstances-Absence of-First accused was working as a guard in the Central Jail and second accused was a prisoner in the same jail undergoing sentence for an offence-Deceased, daughter of an Assistant Jailor, resided in the Jail premises-Accused raped the deceased when she was alone in the house-Thereafter, accused strangulated the deceased and threw the dead body into a septic tank-Held: The accused exhibited criminality in their conduct by throwing the dead body

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