Supreme Court of India

Ravi S/o Ashok Ghumare v. The State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2019] 15 S.C.R. 712
Bench R. F. Nariman, Surya Kant and R. Subhash Reddy JJ.
Decided 3 October 2019

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, these appeals are allowed in part . While confirming the conviction recorded by the Trial Cour t, death sentence imposed on the appellant is modified to that of life imprisonment i.e to suffer for life till his natural death, witho ut any remission/ commutation.

Judgment, page 59

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss.302, 363, 376 and 377 – Kidnapping, rape/unnatural intercourse and murder of two year o ld girl – Prosecution case was that on the fateful day, the victim child went missing around 4.00 p.m. – During the search operations by poli ce and family members of the missing child, it surface d that the appellant was seen distributing chocolates to children around the time the child went missing – Police reached the house of appellant and nabbed the appellant red handed under the bed with the victim child in naked condition – Trial court and High Court concurrentl y held him

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