Supreme Court of India

Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu v. John David

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Reported as [2011] 7 S.C.R. 354

Bench Dalveer Bhandari and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.

Decided 20 April 2011

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the considered view that the High Court erred in reversing the order of conviction recorded by the trial Court as the prosecution has established its case.

Judgment, page 41

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 201, 364 and 342 - Gruesome murder - Dead body cut into different pieces - PW1 's son was studying for a medical degree and staying in the college hostel - He was allegedly killed by respondent, a senior student in the same college - /legation that respondent caused head injury to the deceased and when deceased was lying on the ground unconscious, the respondent severed his head and limbs and removed his gold ring, watch and gold chain - Further a/legation that thereafter, respondent put the head and the gold articles of deceased in a zip bag and threw it into

Authorities it was built on

1983 Earabhadrappa Alias Krishnappa v. State of Karnataka cited by 70
2010 Sidhartha Vashisht @ Manu Sharma v. State (nct of Delhi) cited by 43
1999 State of Karnataka v. K. Yarappa Reddy cited by 6
2007 Amitsingh Bhikamsing Thakur v. State of Maharashtra cited by 4
2009 State of U.P. v. Ram Sajivan & Ors. cited by 2
2008 Sannaia Subba Rao & Ors. v. State of A.P. cited by 1
2008 State of U.p v. Ram Balak and Anr. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2019 Pattu Rajan v. The State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2022 Pappu v. The State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2021 Surajdeo Mahto and Anr. v. The State of Bihar referred to
2015 Kiriti Pal v. State of West Bengal referred to
2013 Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi, Bombay referred to
2012 Oma @ Omprakash and Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 6 referred to

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