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Supreme Court of India

Abdul Nassar v. State of Kerala & Anr.

Penal Code, 1860

Dismissed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
6 Jan 2025
Citation
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 1
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1122/2018
Bench
Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Sandeep Mehta, K.v. Viswanathan

Issue for consideration

Whether the prosecution has proved by leading clinching and convincing circumstantial evidence that the accused had committed forcible and violent sexual assault on the child victim and, thereafter, strangled and killed her.

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