Supreme Court of India

Amit v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [2012] 1 S.C.R. 1009

Bench A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar JJ.

Decided 23 February 2012

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Penal Code, 1860: ss.364, 376, 377, 302 and 201 - Rape followed by murder of minor girl - Allegation against the appellant that he took away the victim from her house in the presence of her mother and grandmother on the pretext of giving her biscuits and raped and murdered her - Courts below convicted the appellant u/ss.364, 376, 377, 302 and 201 - On appeal, held: There was no evidence to show that grandmother of the victim was interested in having the appellant convicted o - As the appellant was neighbour and known to the grandmother of the victim, no Test Identification Parade was

Authorities it was built on

2011 Rameshbhai Chandubhai Rathod v. The State of Gujarat cited by 12
2008 Bantu v. The State of U.P. cited by 10
1981 State of Rajasthan v. Smt. Kalki & Anr. cited by 10
2010 Myladimmal Surendran & Ors. v. State of Kerala cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2013 Ram Deo Prasad v. State of Bihar relied on
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2020 Shatrughna Baban Meshram v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2020 Manoj Suryavanshi v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. referred to
2014 Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2013 Deepak Rai v. State of Bihar referred to
2013 Shanmugam and Anr. v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police, T. Nadu referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2012 Sangeet & Anr. v. State of Haryana referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 9 referred to

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