Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Gang rape confession murder |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 302, 376(2)(g), 201 and 506 - Gang rape and murder - Conviction by trial court - Affirmed by High Court - Held: There is major discrepancy in the testimony of witnesses and also registration of FIR on the basis of information furnished by the informant - Further, the Sarpanch to whom the accused were stated to have made confessional statement, reported ยท. the matter to police after 16 days - His evidence. is not believable - The narration of the alleged offences against the appellants and other accused by prosecution witnesses is most unnatural and unbelievable to convict and sentence them - Neither trial court nor High Court has examined their testimony properly by re-appreciating the same to record findings on the charges - There is no material evidence on record to convict and sentence the appellants - Their conviction and sentences are set aside - Circumstantial evidence. Extra-judicial confession - Held: Is a weak form of evidence and based on such evidence no conviction and sentence can be imposed upon the appellants and other accused.CONSTITUTION OF IND/A, 1950: Art. 142 - Benefit of acquittal extended to non-appellant accused also - Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302, 376 (2) (g), 201, 404 and 506 IPC. An FIR was lodged at the Police Station on 25.5.2000 for offences punishable u/s 302, 376{2){g), 148, 201 and 404 read with s. 34 IPC, alleging that on 24.5.2000 at about 9 A.M. the deceased had gone to the fields to bring fodder and did not return. At about 8 A.M. on 25.5.2000, the body of the deceased was found buried in a fresh dug pit in the sugar cane field belonging to accused 'SL'. The trial court convicted accused 'GS' u/ss 302, 376{2){g) and 506 IPC amd accused 'RV'. 'HS', 'BS' and SL u/ss 302, 376{2)(g) and 404 IPC. All these five accused were sentenced to imprisonment for life. Accused 'TS' was convicted u/s 201 IPC and sentenced to 7 years RI. The High Court affirmed the conviction and the sentence. Except accused 'GS', all other accused filed the appeals. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice V. Gopala Gowda |
Neutral Citation | 2013 INSC 245 |
Petitioner | Tejinder Singh @ Kaka |
Respondent | State Of Punjab |
SCR | [2013] 2 S.C.R. 802 |
Judgement Date | 2013-04-11 |
Case Number | 1279 |
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