Supreme Court of India

Ratnu Yadav v. The State of Chhattisgarh

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Reported as [2024] 7 S.C.R. 466
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Rajesh Bindal JJ.
Decided 9 July 2024

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Issue for Consideration Whether the Courts below erred in convicting appellant u/s.302, IPC for committing the murder of his stepmother by relying upon the alleged extra-judicial confession of appellant before PW1 and ‘last seen together’ evidence of PW5; and the guilt of the appellant was not proved beyond reasonable doubt. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Prosecution case that Appellant assaulted his step-mother; dragged her by holding her hair from her house up to the village pond and suffocated her to death by putting her head inside the pond water – No direct evidence – Conviction

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