Supreme Court of India · 2019-07-04
Ramesh Dasu Chauhan vs The State Of Maharashtra
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2019 SUPREME COURT 3119
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Ramesh Dasu Chauhan
- Respondent
- The State Of Maharashtra
- Author
- Surya Kant
- Bench
- Surya Kant, Deepak Gupta
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellants under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC for murder and Section 392 read with Section 34 IPC for robbery, affirming the life imprisonment sentence and fines imposed by the Sessions Court and upheld by the High Court. The Court established that the prosecution successfully proved the homicidal nature of the death of Kamlesh Kumari Trivedi and the common intention of the appellants in committing both murder and robbery. The appeal was dismissed, confirming the lower courts' findings.