RAM DEO PRASAD vs STATE OF BIHAR

The Supreme Court upheld the death penalty awarded to Ram Deo Prasad under Section 376 and Section 302 of the IPC for the brutal rape and murder of a four-year-old girl. The Court emphasized that the heinous nature of the crime, involving the violation of a minor and the subsequent murder to conceal the act, warranted the extreme punishment. The Court found that the evidence presented, including eyewitness accounts and the circumstances of the crime, sufficiently established the guilt of the appellant beyond reasonable doubt.