Supreme Court of India

Shivaji @ Dadya Shankar Alhat v. The State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2008] 13 S.C.R. 81

Bench Arijit Pasayat J.

Decided 5 September 2008

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Penal Code, 1860; Ss.302 and 376 (2)(5): Rape and murder of a minor girl - Conviction - Death c sentence - Correctness of - Held: Deceased was a helpless poor girl of tender age having no protection of the father - Before murder of the deceased she was last seen by prosecution witnesses going alongwith accused towards hill side - Her dead body was recovered from hill side - Evidence of relative prosecution witnesses corroborated by evidence of independent prosecution witnesses - Circumstantial evidence though not direct to the point in issue, but consists of facts so closely associated with

Authorities it was built on

1983 Earabhadrappa Alias Krishnappa v. State of Karnataka cited by 70
1987 Mahesh S/o. Ram Narain Etc. v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 19

Where later benches applied it

2020 Shatrughna Baban Meshram v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. relied on
2014 Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2013 State of Rajasthan v. Jamil Khan relied on
2018 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2013 Mohinder Singh v. State of Punjab referred to
2012 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2012 Brajendrasingh v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 5 referred to

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