Supreme Court of India · 2023-04-21
DAKKATA BALARAM REDDY vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
- Citation / case number
- SC 2018/47748
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- DAKKATA BALARAM REDDY
- Respondent
- THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the convictions of Dakkata Balaram Reddy and Chinapana Gopi for the brutal murder and robbery of Vetcha Kiran Kumar and Vetcha Venkatagopala Lakshmi. The court found that the evidence presented, including eyewitness accounts and the circumstances of the crime, sufficiently established the guilt of the accused under Sections 302, 397, and 450 IPC. The appeal against their conviction was dismissed, affirming the lower court's decision.