Supreme Court of India

Abdul Nassar v. State of Kerala & Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 2 S.C.R. 1
Bench B.R. Gavai, K.V. Viswanathan and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 6 January 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the chain of incriminating circumstances required to bring home the guilt of the accused is complete in all aspects.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the prosecution has proved by leading clinching and convincing circumstantial evidence that the accused had committed forcible and violent sexual assault on the child victim and, thereafter, strangled and killed her. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302 and 376 – Prosecution case that accused had committed forcible and violent sexual assault on the child victim and, thereafter, strangled and killed her – The trial Court found accused/appellant guilty of the offences punishable u/ss.302 and 376 of IPC – Trial Court awarded capital punishment to the

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