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Kattavellai @ Devakar v. State of Tamilnadu

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Reported as [2025] 7 S.C.R. 984
Bench Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 15 July 2025

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Issue for Consideration Issue arose as to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the order of the conviction and death sentence of the appellant for offence punishable u/ss.302, 376 and 397 IPC. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 376, 397 – Evidence Act, 1872 – ss.27, 106 – Rape and Murder – Circumstantial Evidence – DNA evidence – Reliability – Prosecution case that victims- young man and girl went to a tourist place, where allegedly, the appellant first came to the prosecution witness and his partner asking to part with her jewellery and then, approached the

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