Supreme Court of India · 2019-08-01
BAIJU KUMAR SONI vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
- Citation / case number
- SC 2017/39851
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- BAIJU KUMAR SONI
- Respondent
- THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
- Author
- HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINEET SARAN HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Sections 364-A, 201, and 302 read with 34 IPC for the kidnapping and murder of a minor girl. The Court found that the prosecution established the case beyond reasonable doubt, despite the appellants not being named in the FIR, as their confessional statements and subsequent recoveries linked them to the crime. The Court emphasized the sufficiency of circumstantial evidence in securing a conviction in heinous crimes involving minors.