Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 1860: ss: 376(f) 302 201. - Rape and murder-.of 10 year old girl Penal Code |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Penal Code, 1860: ss: 376(f), 302, 201. - Rape and murder-.of 10 year old girl - Conviction based on C circumstantial evidence. - PW1 and PW2 saw the appellant carrying the deceased on a cycle near the jungle but returning back alone after on hour - Confession of appellant that he took the deceased near the jungle, undraped her and then committed rape on her and when she cried, strangulated her D to death - On statement of appellant, Investigating Officer recovered the dead body and underwear of the deceased lying nearby from the jungle - Appellant was last seen with the deceased - There was nothing to indicate that within one hour, there was any scope for anybody else, other than appellant E to commit rape and murder of deceased - Chain of circumstances led to hypothesis that appellant alone was author of the crime - Trial court rightly convicted the appellant u/ss. 376(f)/302!201 - All sentences to run concurrently.Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 31, proviso - Sentences in case of conviction of several offences at one trial - Held: Under proviso to sub- section (2) of s.31 in no case a person can be sentenced to imprisonment for a period longer than 14 years and the aggregate punishment shall not exceed twice the amount of punishment which the Court is competent to inflict for a single offence - In case a person is sentenced of conviction of several offer;ices including one that of life imprisonment, the proviso to s. 31 (2) shall come into play - In view of theĀ· fact that life imprisonment means imprisonment for full and complete span of life, the question of consecutive sentences in case of conviction for several offences at one trial does not arise - Therefore, in case a person is sentenced of conviction of several offences, B including one that of life imprisonment, the proviso to s.31 (2) shall come into play and no consecutive sentence can be -imposed - Sentence/Sentencing.Sentence/Sentencing: Life imprisonment - Held: Is not confined to 14 years of imprisonment~ s. 55 /PC & ss. 433 C and 433A indicate that only the appropriate government can commute the sentence for imprisonment of_ life for a term not exceeding 14 years or exceeds the release_ for such person . unless he has served at least 14 years of imprisonment - Life imprisonment means imprisonment for whole of the remaining D period of convicted person's natural life - There is no provision either in /PC or Cr.P.C., whereby life imprisonment could be treated as either 14 years or 20 years without there being formal remission by the appropriate government - Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 55, 433, 433A.Evidence Act, 1872: Statement of accused made before the police officer which distinctly related to the facts of recovery - Held: Is admissible.General Clauses Act, 1897: s. 3(27) - Imprisonment - Meaning of |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya |
Neutral Citation | 2014 INSC 443 |
Petitioner | Duryodhan Rout |
Respondent | State Of Orlssa |
SCR | [2014] 9 S.C.R. 139 |
Judgement Date | 2014-07-01 |
Case Number | 2277-2278 |
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