Supreme Court of India

Joseph S/o Kooveli Poulo v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2000] 3 S.C.R. 729
Bench K.T. Thomas, Doraiswamyraju and S.N. Variava JJ.
Decided 27 April 2000

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, except for the modification made in F respect of the charge under Section 376, IPC, we see no reason to interfere with the judgment of the High Court, in other respects pertaining to the charges under Sections 302 and 392, IPC, and the appeal relating to the same is dismissed.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 302 and 392-Murder & Robbery-Circumstantial evidence- Inmates ·Of the Convent identifying the accused as the person who took the c deceased on a false pretext-Ornaments worn by deceased seized on the basis of inf onnation given by accused-Injuries found on the body of deceased suggesting that it is a case of homicide and not suicide-Total denial of all the incriminating circumstances by accused-Conviction and sentence-Validity of-Held, all the incriminating circumstances unmistakably and inevitably lead to the guilt of the accused-Total denial of all incriminating

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