Supreme Court of India
Ravishankar @ Baba Vishwakarma v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons aforesaid, the appeal is allowed in part to the extent that the death penalty as awarded by the courts below is set aside and is substituted with the imprisonment for life with a direction that no remission shall be granted to the appellant and he shall remain in prison for the rest of his life.
Judgment, page 27
From the headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: Rape/murder of minor – Convict ion based on circumstantial evidence – Imposition of death sent ence – Held: There is no absolute principle of law that no death sente nce can be awarded in a case where conviction is based on circumstantial evidence – Such a standard would be ripe for abuse by seasoned criminals who always make sure to destroy direct evidence – Further, in many cases of rape and murder of children, the victims owing to their tender age can put up no resistance – In such cases, it is extremely likely that there would be no ocular evidence – It ca nnot,
Authorities it was built on
- 1983 Machhl Singh and Others v. State of Punjab
- 2008 Swamy Shraddananda @ Murali Manohar Mishra v. State of Karnataka
- 2012 Sangeet & Anr. v. State of Haryana
- 2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors.
- 2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors.
- 2003 Bhupinder Sharma v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- 2011 Rameshbhai Chandubhai Rathod v. The State of Gujarat
- 2014 Ashok Debbarma @ Achak Debbarma v. State of Tripura
- 2017 Vasanta Sampat Dupare v. State of Maharashtra
- 2003 Krishnan and Anr. v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police
- 2019 Khushwinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- 2009 Pantangi Balarama Venkata Ganesh v. State of Ap.
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Pappu v. The State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2020 Shatrughna Baban Meshram v. State of Maharashtra
- 2022 Manoj Pratap Singh v. The State of Rajasthan
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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