Supreme Court of India

Bishnu Prasad Sinha & Anr. v. State of Assam

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Reported as [2007] 1 S.C.R. 916
Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.
Decided 16 January 2007

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Penal Code, 1860: Sections 376(2)(g), 302 and 201134. Rape and murder-No eyewitnesses-Circumstantial evidence­ Conviction based upon-Punishment of death sentence-Permissibility of-The deceased, a young girl aged 7 to 8 years, was travelling with her parents and younger brother in a private transport service-Accused No. I, the night chawkidar, advised them to stay in the waiting room of the travel complex for the night-At that time a bus arrived at the said Travel Comp/ex-Accused No. 2 was the 'handyman' of the said bus-While the Manager, Driver and the Conductor slept in the said bus, he did

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Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 relied upon

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