SUDAM @ RAHUL KANIRAM JADHAV vs THE 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, establishing that circumstantial evidence, including motive and last seen together, was sufficient for conviction. The Court affirmed the trial court's findings that the appellant had committed the murders and disposed of the bodies to conceal the crime, confirming the death sentence as the case fell within the category of 'rarest of rare'. The judgment emphasized the reliability of extra-judicial confessions and the appellant's failure to explain the circumstances of the deaths.