Supreme Court of India

Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2014] 3 S.C.R. 34

Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Vikramajit Sen JJ.

Decided 20 February 2014

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that incarceration of a further period of thirty years, without remission, in addition to the sentence already undergone, will be an adequate c punishment in the facts and circumstances of the case, rather than death sentence.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

PENAL qoDE, 1860: SS. 302, 377 and 201 - Sodomy, buggery and bestiality - Murder - Minor aged 10 years subjected to carnal intercourse and then strangulated to death - Conviction and death sentence - On appeal, held: Evidence of prosecution witnesses in its entirety trustworthy and reliable - Sister of accused categorically stated that she had heard the cries of the victim-deceased coming from the room of accused during mid-night and she could not sleep tiff the cries subsided - She had no axe to grind against her own brother and was a trustworthy witness - School bag of the deceased and pant

Authorities it was built on

1983 Machhl Singh and Others v. State of Punjab cited by 60
2009 Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra cited by 54
1987 Mahesh S/o. Ram Narain Etc. v. State of Madhya Pradesh cited by 19
2011 Haresh Mohandas Rajput v. State of Maharashtra cited by 19
2006 Aloke Nath Dutta and Ors. v. State of West Bengal cited by 16
1991 Seyaka Perumal, Etc v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 15
2012 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. The State of Maharashtra cited by 12
2008 Bantu v. The State of U.P. cited by 10
2012 Amit v. State of Uttar Pradesh cited by 10
2001 Bantu @ Naresh Giri v. State of M.P. cited by 9
2007 Swamy Shraddananda @ Murali Manohar Mishra v. State of Karnataka cited by 9
2008 Shivaji @ Dadya Shankar Alhat v. The State of Maharashtra cited by 9
2011 Md. Mannan @ Abdul Mannan v. State of Bihar cited by 8
2009 State of U.P. v. Sattan @ Satyendra & Ors. cited by 8
2011 Rabindra Kumar Pal @ Dara Singh v. Republic of India cited by 8
2011 Surendra Koli v. State of U.P. and Ors. cited by 7
2011 Sudam @ Rahul Kaniram Jadhav v. State of Maharashtra cited by 5
2013 Suresh Kumar Koushal and Another v. Naz Foundation and Others cited by 5
1999 Om Prakash v. State of Haryana cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2023 Naveen @ Ajay v. The State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2025 Kattavellai @ Devakar v. State of Tamilnadu referred to
2023 Vikas Chaudhary v. The State of Delhi referred to
2023 Sundar @ Sundarrajan v. State by Inspector of Police referred to
2022 Manoj Pratap Singh v. The State of Rajasthan referred to
2019 Nand Kishore v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2018 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. referred to
2014 Mofil Khan & Anr. v. State of Jharkhand referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 8 referred to

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