Supreme Court of India

Ramesh v. State through Inspector of Police

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Reported as [2014] 7 S.C.R. 956
Bench Dipak Misra and V. Gopala Gowda JJ.
Decided 1 August 2014

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court was correct in upholding the decision of the Sessions Judge in convicting the accused of rape and murder of the deceased child.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860 -· ss. 376, 302 and 201 - Rape and murder - Prosecution case that accused committed rape of 8 year old girl and she died due to neurogenic shock - On the basis of evidence on record, accused convicted uls. 376, 302 and 201 and sentenced accordingly - Justification of - Held: Order passed by the courts below does not call for interference - Non-mentioning of the name of the accused o in the initial FIR not fatal to the prosecution case - Last seen theory proved - Confessional statement of the accused corroborated - Circumstantial evidence indicate towards th,e guilt of the

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