P. Manikandan vs Central Bureau Of Investigation

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's dismissal of the appellant's petition for quashing the chargesheet under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, related to the trial under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The Court confirmed that the evidence presented, including the last seen theory, sufficiently established the appellant's guilt for kidnapping and murder under Sections 364A and 302 of the IPC. The appeal was dismissed, affirming the life imprisonment sentence imposed by the Trial Court.