Supreme Court of India

Ishwari Lal Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh

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Reported as [2019] 13 S.C.R. 893
Bench R. F. Nariman, R. Subhash Reddy and Surya Kant JJ.
Decided 3 October 2019

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons the appeals filed in Criminal Appeal Nos.300-301 of 2018 and Criminal Appeal Nos.298-299 of 2018 are allowed and conviction recorded and sentence impose d upon the appellants therein is set aside.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss.364/34 r/w. s.120B, ss.302/34 r/w. s.120B and s.201 – Gruesome murder of small boy as a human sacrifice – Prosecution case was that a child (boy) was found missing from his house – When his parents were searching fo r him, they noticed loud music being played in the house of appellants – They entered the house along with other village people and found f reshly dug mound of earth – Appellants-main accused who claimed to be “tantriks” admitted that they killed the boy with th e help of other co-accused and buried him to attain “siddhi” and begged for mercy – On the basis of

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