Supreme Court of India

Haresh Mohandas Rajput v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2011] 14 S.C.R. 921

Bench P. Sathasivam and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.

Decided 20 September 2011

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19 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the case does not fall within the "rarest of rare cases".

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 376 - Rape followed by murder of a minor girl by strangulation - Prosecution case based on circumstantial evidence - Conviction of accused- appellant under ss. 302 and 376 /PC - Justification of - Held: Dead body of deceased was found inside the house of appellant-accused with blood stains under the cot - There were blood stains on the bed-sheet and on the floor underneath the cot - The appellant could not offer any explanation whatsoever as how the dead body of the victim girl could reach his house - More so, nothing on record to controvert the evidence of the

Where later benches applied it

2015 State of U.P. v. Om Prakash relied on
2014 Vasant Sampat Dupare v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2014 Amar Singh Yadav v. State of U.P. relied on
2014 Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2013 Madhu @ Madhuranatha & Anr. v. State of Karnataka relied on
2013 Mohinder Singh v. State of Punjab relied on
2012 Oma @ Omprakash and Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2014 Mofil Khan & Anr. v. State of Jharkhand referred to
2013 Gudda @ Dwarikendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2013 Kanhaiya Lal & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan referred to
2013 Sunder @ Sundararajan v. State by Inspector of Police referred to
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. mentioned
2014 State of Gujarat v. Kishanbhai Etc. mentioned
2013 Sunil Dutt Sharma v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi) mentioned
2013 Sushil Sharma v. The State of N.C.T. of Delhi mentioned
2013 Sunil Damodar Gaikwad v. State of Maharashtra mentioned
2012 Sandeep v. State of U.P. mentioned
2012 Neel Kumar @ Anil Kumar v. The State of Haryana mentioned

Of those, 7 relied on · 5 referred to · 7 mentioned

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