Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Munesh

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Reported as [2012] 9 S.C.R. 545
Bench P. Sathasivam J.
Decided 12 October 2012

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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

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned

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