Supreme Court of India
Abdul Nassar v. State of Kerala & Anr.
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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
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 Shivaji Sahebrao Bobade & Anr v. State of Maharashtra
- 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra
- 1952 Hanumant v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- 1998 George and Others v. State of Kearla and Anr.
- 1978 Rameshwar Dayal and Ors. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2022 Rahul v. State of Delhi Ministry of Home Affairs & Anr.
- 2023 Prakash Nishad @ Kewat Zinak Nishad v. State of Maharashtra
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