Supreme Court of India
Pawan v. State of Uttaranchal
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that this point cannot be raised at this stage because neither was it taken before the Trial Court nor before the High Court.
Judgment, page 24
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 3021201134 and 376 - Rape and murder of a child of six years - Trial court relying on circumstantial evidence convicting the accused and sentencing each of them to death - Sentence commuted to life imprisonment by High Court - HELD: Courts below have rightly held the circumstances cumulatively completing the chain pointing towards guilt of the accused only - Sentence awarded by High Court calls for no interference - Circumstantial evidence. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: s. 7- -· Plea of juvenility - HELD: School leaving certificate
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Raj Kumar Singh @ Raju @ Batya v. State of Rajasthan
- 2012 Abuzar Hossain @ Gulam Hossain v. State of West Bengal
- 2023 Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2013 Jitendra Singh @ Babboo Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P.
- 2010 Jitendra Singh @ Babboo Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P.
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to
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