Supreme Court of India
State of U.P. v. Munesh
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the accused has first committed the offence of rape and then murdered the deceased.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 376 - Rape and murder of minor girl - Conviction of respondent-accused by trial court - Set aside by High Court - Justification - Held: Not justified - Two independent witnesses - PWs 2 and 3 actually witnessed the occurrence - High Court committed error in rejecting their evidence - Statement of PW1- the father of the victim corroborated with the statements made by PW2 and PW3 - Delay in lodging FIR was properly explained by PW1 o - Statement of PW4(doctor), who conducted post-. :1ortem, fully supported the case of the prosecution that the deceased was raped
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Gangabhavani v. Rayapati Venkat Reddy & Ors.
- 2013 Sushil Sharma v. The State of N.C.T. of Delhi
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned
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