Navas @ Mulanavas v. State of Kerala
Case at a glance
Outcome
Partly allowed
For the reasons stated above, the Appeal is partly allowed in the
Provisions considered
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 302, 309, 376, 377, 449, 506
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ss. 293, 293(4), 313, 428, 432, 433
- Indian Evidence Act, 1872 s. 106
- Constitution of India
Judgment
Union of India v. V. Sriharan alias Murugan and Others [2015] 14 SCR 613 : (2016) 7 SCC 1 – followed.
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: For the reasons stated above, the Appeal is partly allowed in the
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Indian Penal Code, 1860 — ss. 302, 309, 376, 377, 449, 506; Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — ss. 293, 293(4), 313, 428, 432, 433; Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — s. 106; Constitution of India.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Supreme Court of India, on 18 Mar 2024. The bench was B R GAVAI, K V VISWANATHAN, SANDEEP MEHTA.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
Another 3 relationships are under human verification and not counted above.
This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.
Later judgments that treat this case
- Followed2024_10_769_785
- Cited2024_10_37_44
- Cited2025_3_490_501