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december 2001

Supreme Court of India · 2001-12-14

Limbaji And Others vs State Of Maharashtra

Citation / case number
AIR 2002 SUPREME COURT 491
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
Limbaji And Others
Respondent
State Of Maharashtra
Author
P.Venkatarama Reddi
Bench
R.C. Lahoti, P. Venkatarama Reddi

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court examined the conviction of the appellants under Section 302 read with Section 34 and Section 392 read with Section 34 IPC for the murder and robbery of Baburao. The Court upheld the High Court's decision, which relied on circumstantial evidence and the presumption under Section 114(a) of the Evidence Act, affirming the life sentence for murder and five years for robbery. The Court concluded that the evidence sufficiently established the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt, thus dismissing the appeals.

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