Vasanta Sampat Dupare Vs. State of Maharshtra
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Head Note
Indian Penal Code,1860 - Section 376 (2) , Section 367 , Section 302 , Section 201
Murder - Appeal against conviction - Circumstantial evidence - Appreciation of evidence - The appellant was seen in the courtyard where the minor girl and other children were playing -He was seen taking the deceased on his bicycle and had gone to the grocery shop owned by PW-6 to buy Mint chocolate along with her - He told PW-2 that the child was the daughter of his friend and he was going to 'Tekdi-Wadi' along with the girl- The appellant had led to discovery of the dead body of the deceased, the place where he had washed his clothes and at his instance the stones smeared with blood were recovered - The medical report clearly indicates about the injuries sustained by the deceased on her body; that the injuries sustained on the private parts have been stated by the doctor to have been caused by forcible sexual intercourse - The stones that were seized were smeared with blood and the medical evidence corroborates the fact that injuries could have been caused by battering with stones - The chemical analysis report shows that the blood group on the stones matches with the blood group found on the clothes of the appellant - Conviction upheld.
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