Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty for Rape and Murder of Young Woman in Maharashtra — Conviction Based on DNA Evidence and Circumstantial Links. The Court held that the chain of circumstantial evidence, including last seen together and DNA matching, was complete and consistent with the guilt of the appellant, and the case fell within the 'rarest of rare' category for imposition of death penalty.
20 Feb 2025The Supreme Court of India dismissed the criminal appeal filed by Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap against the judgment of the Bombay High Court, which had uph...





