Supreme Court of India

Dharam Deo Yadav v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2014] 11 S.C.R. 650
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri JJ.
Decided 11 April 2014

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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

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