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The Karnataka High Court dealt with a Criminal Referred Case for confirmation of death sentence and two Criminal Appeals arising out of the judgment and order of sentence passed by the Additional District and Sessions Judge, FTSC-II (POCSO), D.K., Mangaluru in Special Case No.10/2022. The trial court convicted accused Nos.1 to 3 — Jayban Adivasi @ Jay Singh, Mukesh Singh, and Manish Thirki — for offences of criminal conspiracy, procuration of minor girl, unnatural offences, gang rape of a minor, murder, and causing disappearance of evidence, and sentenced all three to death by hanging under Sections 302, 376DB, and 120B of the IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act read with Section 34 IPC, along with rigorous imprisonment for the remaining offences.
The accused filed separate appeals under Section 374(2) CrPC challenging the conviction and sentence, while the referred case was registered under Section 366(1) CrPC for confirmation of the death penalty by the High Court. The Court heard arguments from the Additional Special Public Prosecutor for the State, counsel for each accused, and an Amicus Curiae appointed for one of the respondents.
The High Court examined both oral and documentary evidence on record and the matter was reserved for judgment on 20.01.2026, with the judgment pronounced on 06.02.2026. The case involved serious offences committed against a minor victim by the three accused persons who were found to have acted in concert.
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death sentence confirmation · gang rape of minor · murder · POCSO · criminal conspiracy · Section 366(1) CrPC · Section 374(2) CrPC · Section 376DB IPC · Section 302 IPC · Section 120B IPC · unnatural offence · Section 377 IPC · procuration of minor girl · Section 366A IPC · disappearance of evidence · Section 201 IPC · amicus curiae
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