Supreme Court of India

State of Gujarat v. Kishanbhai Etc.

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Reported as [2014] 1 S.C.R. 197

Bench C.K. Prasad and Jagdish Singh Khehar JJ.

Decided 7 January 2014

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, that the High Court through the STATE OF GUJARAT v.

Judgment, page 42

From the headnote

PENAL CODE, 1860: 8 ss.376, 302, 201, 363, 369 and 394 - Rape and murder c of a six year old girl - Her legs amputed above ankles and anklets stolen - Circumstantial evidence - Conviction by trial court and sentence of death - Acquittal by High Court giving the accused benefit of doubt - Held: Since the guilt of accused in the instant case is to be based on circumstantial 0 evidence, establishing of a complete chain from the evidence produced by prosecution becomes essential -- High Court has rightly pointed out several missing links in the chain of circumstances leading to failure of

Authorities it was built on

1990 Hiraji Tolaji Bagwan v. Shakuntala cited by 30
2011 Haresh Mohandas Rajput v. State of Maharashtra cited by 19
1999 State of Maharashtra v. Suresh cited by 16
2000 State, Govt. of Nct of Delhi v. Sun Il and Another cited by 15
2012 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. The State of Maharashtra cited by 12
2010 Aftab Ahmad Ansari v. State of Uttaranchal cited by 9
2003 Amar Singh v. Balwinder Singh and Ors. cited by 8
2010 Sri Sambhu Das @ Bijoy Das & Anr. v. State of Assam cited by 6
2007 Bishnu Prasad Sinha & Anr. v. State of Assam cited by 6
1994 Laxman Naik v. State of Orissa cited by 4
1973 Ram Prasad and Others v. The State of U.P. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2023 Sanjay Dubey v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Another relied on
2019 Ankush Maruti Shinde and Others v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2018 Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2014 Dr. (mrs.) Malathi Ravi, M.D. v. Dr. B.V. Ravi M.D. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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