Supreme Court of India · 2002-07-30
Kalpana Mazumdar vs State Of Orissa
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2002 SUPREME COURT 2826
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Kalpana Mazumdar
- Respondent
- State Of Orissa
- Author
- D.P. Mohapatra
- Bench
- D.P. Mohapatra
Judgment text excerpt
The appellants were charged and convicted under Sections 364, 302, and 201 read with Section 34 of the IPC for the kidnapping and murder of a four-year-old child. The case centers on the evaluation of circumstantial evidence, including the testimony of the informant (PW7) who witnessed the disposal of the body. The Court examined the validity of the death penalty and the strength of the evidence linking the accused to the crime.