Supreme Court of India

Kusuma Ankama Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [2008] 10 S.C.R. 89

Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and P. Sathasivam JJ.

Decided 7 July 2008

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From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 - Last seen theory - Accused and deceased had illegal intimacy - Accused last seen with the deceased - Dead body of deceased found next day - Ac- c cused made extra-judicial confession before Village Admin istrative Officer - Circumstantial evidence point guilt towards accused - No infirmity in conviction ordered by Courts below. Evidence Act, 1872 : Extra judicial confession - Eviden- tiary value of Prosecution case was that the appellant-accused had illegal intimacy with the deceased. On the fateful day, the accused met PW-1, son of the deceased and asked him to

Authorities it was built on

1983 Earabhadrappa Alias Krishnappa v. State of Karnataka cited by 70
2007 Deshraj v. Bodhraj cited by 27
1995 Kailash Potlia v. The State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2009 Krishna Ghosh v. State of West Bengal relied on
2009 Riyojoddin Rafiyoddin Shaik v. State of Maharashtra Rep. by Public Prosecutor relied on
2009 Narayan v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2008 Baldev Singh v. State of Haryana relied on
2008 Mohd. Azad @ Samin v. State of West Bengal relied on
2008 Manivel & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2008 Devidas Ramsunder Shukla v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2008 I. Ravindra Reddy v. Shaik. Khader Masthan and Ors. relied on
2014 Ramesh v. State through Inspector of Police referred to
2009 Vithal Eknath Adlinge v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2008 State of Goa v. Pandurang Mohite referred to
2015 Bhim Singh and Anr. v. State of Utiarakhand mentioned

Of those, 8 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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