Supreme Court of India

Murlidhar and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 175
Bench P. Venkatarama Reddi and B.N. Srikrishna JJ.
Decided 9 May 2005

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the prosecution having put forward C . a case that, what transpired after Ramlal was dragged away by the assailants · was within the knowledge of witnesses, utterly failed in proving the said facts.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860-Section 364 and 302134-Commission of abduction and murder-Conviction affirmed by High Court under section 364 and 3021 34-Justification of-Held: There was evidence regarding abduction of the victim with an intention to dispose him of as to put him in the danger of being murdered-However, evidence of witnesses regarding criminal conspiracy, beatings given to victim and recovery not inspiring confidence-Also High Court wrongly relied on rule of burden of proof under section 106 of the Evidence Act and drew an inference that the abductors murdered the victim when facts were

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