Supreme Court of India

B.A. Umesh v. Regr.gen.high Court of Karnataka

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Reported as [2011] 2 S.C.R. 367

Bench Altamas Kabir J.

Decided 1 February 2011

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PENAL CODE, 1860 : ss. 302, 376 and 392 t- Conviction and sentence of death c awarded by trial court finding the chain of circumstantial evidence complete - Conviction upheld and death sentence 'confirmed by High Court - Held :On the basis of oral evidence, the post mortem report, the evidence of the doctor who conducted the autopsy, the medical examination of, 0 injuries on the person of the accused, his extra judi<ifal confession made to the doctor who examined him, the forensic report the report of the Finger-Print Expert and the recoveries made from the house in occupation of the accused,

Authorities it was built on

2004 Surendra Pal Shivbalakpal v. State of Gujarat cited by 11
2005 Holiram Bordoloi v. State of Assam cited by 7

Where later benches applied it

2015 Purushotiam Dashrath Borate &anr. v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2012 Munna Kumar Upadhyaya @ Munna Upadhyaya v. The State of Andhra Pradesh through Public Prosecutor, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh relied on
2012 Ramnaresh & Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh relied on
2011 Bhagwan Dass v. State(nct) of Delhi relied on
2022 B. A. Umesh v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2012 Sangeet & Anr. v. State of Haryana referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 4 referred to

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