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Duryodhan Rout v. State of Orlssa

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Reported as [2014] 9 S.C.R. 139
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 1 July 2014

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Trial Court was not justified in imposing the sentence under Section 376(f)/302/201 IPC to run consecutively.

Judgment, page 23

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Penal Code, 1860: ss: 376(f), 302, 201. - Rape and murder-.of 10 year old girl - Conviction based on circumstantial evidence. - PW1 and PW2 saw the appellant carrying the deceased on a cycle near the jungle but returning back alone after on hour - Confession of appellant that he took the deceased near the jungle, undraped her and then committed rape on her and when she cried, strangulated her to death - On statement of appellant, Investigating Officer recovered the dead body and underwear of the deceased lying nearby from the jungle - Appellant was last seen with the deceased - There was

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