Supreme Court of India
Irappa Siddappa Murgannavar v. State of Karnataka
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons, we uphold the conviction of the appellant for the offences under Sections 302, 376, 364, 366A and 201 of the Code and the sentences awarded for the offences under Sections 376, 364, 366A and 201 of the Code.
Judgment, page 23
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 376, 364, 366A and 201 – Rape and murder – Prosecution case that accused raped and murdered a five year old girl, and then disposed of her body, tied in a gunny bag, into the stream – Conviction and sentence for commission of offence u/s. 302, 376, 364, 366A and 201 – Upheld by the High Court – On appeal, held: On overall view of the evidence and witness statements adduced by the prosecution, the chain of circumstances affirmatively establishes the guilt of the appellant – Contradictions and inconsistencies highlighted in the prosecution’s case, do not create a…
Authorities it was built on
- 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra
- 2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors.
- 2010 Mulla & Anr. v. State of U.P.
- 1976 Santa Singh v. State of Punjab
- 1977 Dagdu & Others Etc. v. State of Maharashtra
- 2001 Bantu @ Naresh Giri v. State of M.P.
- 2015 Purushotiam Dashrath Borate &anr. v. State of Maharashtra
- 2012 Shanti Devi v. State of Rajasthan
- 2020 Shatrughna Baban Meshram v. State of Maharashtra
- 1998 Mohan and Others v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2019 G H Ranjit Kumar Haldar v. State of Sikkim
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Navas @ Mulanavas v. State of Kerala
- 2026 Waris v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2023 Madan v. State of Uttar Pradesh
Of those, 1 referred to · 2 mentioned
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