Supreme Court of India

Putai v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 2108
Bench Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 26 August 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that there was hardly any possibility of any such supplementary DNA report being prepared because in absence of evidence to the contrary, it can be safely be presumed that the specimen samples must have been consumed when the first report, i.e., Exhibit K-14 was prepared.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The accused-appellants were convicted for the offences punishable u/ss.376(2)(g), 201 and 302 of Penal Code, 1860. The High Court dismissed the appeals against conviction preferred by the accused-appellants. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – ss.376(2)(g), 201 and 302 – Allegation against the accused-appellants that they raped and murdered a minor girl – Trial Court convicted the accused-appellants for the offences punishable u/ss.376(2)(g), 201 and 302 of Penal Code, 1860 – Accused no.1 was sentenced rigorous life imprisonment u/s.376(2)(g) of IPC; seven years rigorous

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