Supreme Court of India
Dharam Deo Yadav v. State of U.P.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that, due to lack of any evidence with regard to the manner in which the crime was committed, the case will not fall under 0 the category of rarest of rare case.
Judgment, page 27
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 201, 364 and 394 - Prosecution under - Circumstantial evidence - Deceased last seen in the company of accused - Recovery of skeleton of the deceased u/s. 27 of Evidence Act .:... DNA test proved. her identity - Conviction and death sentence by courts below - Held: Prosecution proved the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt - However, death sentence reduced to life o imprisonment without any remission as there is no evidence as to manner of commission of offence. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.313 - Evidentiary value - False answers by accused may offer
Authorities it was built on
- 1960 State of U.P. v. Deoman Upadhyaya
- 2012 Sahadevan & Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra
- 1999 State of Maharashtra v. Suresh
- 2012 Sandeep v. State of U.P.
- 2011 Mustkeem @ Sirajudeen v. State of Rajasthan
- 1996 State of Andhra Pradesh v. Gangula Satya Murthy
- 2005 State of Rajasthan v. Daulat Ram
- 2002 Anthony D'souza and Ors. v. State of Karnataka
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