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Supreme Court of India · 2002-07-26

POTHAKAMURI SRINIVASULU @ MOOGA SUBBAIAH vs STATE OF A.P.

Citation / case number
SC 2000/17912
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
POTHAKAMURI SRINIVASULU @ MOOGA SUBBAIAH
Respondent
STATE OF A.P.
Bench
R.C. LAHOTI & BRIJESH KUMAR.

Judgment text excerpt

The appellant challenged his conviction under Sections 302 and 397 of the IPC for the murder of an elderly woman during a robbery. The prosecution alleged that the appellant, acting as a garden watchman, assaulted the deceased with a stone and a sickle to steal her ear studs. The Supreme Court reviewed the findings of the Trial Court and High Court regarding the circumstantial evidence and the appellant's guilt.

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