Supreme Court of India

Md. Mannan @ Abdul Mannan v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2011] 5 S.C.R. 518

Bench H.S. Bedi J.

Decided 20 April 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that appellant is a menace to the society and shall continue to be so and he can not be reformed.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 366, 376, 302, 201 - Rape and murder of a seven year old girl - Conviction based on circumstantial evidence -Allegation that the accused was working as a mason in the house of victim's grandfather - Accused sent victim to the betel shop to get betel for him - Few minutes after the victim left, accused proceeded towards the betel shop and got the victim seated on his bicycle - Victim was last seen with the accused - Confession by accused that he raped the victim and thereafter killed her - The dead body of the victim found pursuant to the statement given by the accused -

Where later benches applied it

2014 Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2013 State of Rajasthan v. Jamil Khan relied on
2022 Veerendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2015 Kiriti Pal v. State of West Bengal referred to
2014 B. Kumar@ Jayakumar@ Left. Kr.@ S. Kumar v. Insp. of Police Th. C.B.C.L.D. referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2012 Sangeet & Anr. v. State of Haryana referred to
2012 Mohammed Ajmal Mohammad Amir Kasab @ Abu Mujahid v. State of Maharashtra distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 5 referred to

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