Sudam @ Rahul Kaniram Jadhav vs State Of Maharashtra

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 and Section 201 IPC for the murder of four children and a woman, affirming the trial court's reliance on circumstantial evidence, including motive, last seen together, and extra-judicial confessions. The Court found that the circumstances proved led to the only conclusion that the appellant committed the murders and disposed of the bodies in a pond. The death sentence was confirmed as the case was deemed one of the rarest of rare instances warranting such a penalty.