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Nand Kishore v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2019] 1 S.C.R. 260
Bench S. A. Bobde, L. Nageswara Rao and R. Subhash Reddy JJ.
Decided 18 January 2019

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Sentence/Sentencing – Death sentence – Award of – On facts, rape and murder of a minor girl by appellant aged 5 0 years – Conviction of the appellant u/ss.302, 363, 366 and 37 6(2)(i) and award of death sentence on basis of the circumstantial evid ence – Upheld by the courts below – On appeal, held: By ap plying the ‘last seen’ theory to the facts of the case and considering the forensic and medical evidence on record, courts below rightly convict ed the appellant – As regards imposition of death sentence , it is the appellant’s case that he was denied the proper legal assistance in the

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