Supreme Court of India

Roopsena Khatun v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2011] 5 S.C.R. 982
Bench V.S. Sirpurkar and T.S. Thakur JJ.
Decided 28 April 2011

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Penal Code, 1860: s.302- Murder- Conviction ulss.302 and 379 - Allegation that accused committed murder of child by drowning her in a pond and thereafter removed silver chain from her person - Conviction based on circumstantial evidence - Circumstances were disclosure statement, extra­ judicial confession, recovery of silver chain from the accused and that accused was last seen with the victim - On appeal, held: Prosecution failed to prove the case of murder and theft of silver chain against the accused - The body of the victim was found floating in the pond a day after she went missing - In

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