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.