RAMESH DASU CHAUHAN vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA HOME DEPARTMENT SECRETARY — Crl.A. No. 1682/2012

The Supreme Court dismissed the appellants' conviction appeal, upholding their guilty verdict for murder (Section 302) and robbery (Section 392) with common intention in the 2001 death of 79-year-old Kamlesh Kumari Trivedi. The court found compelling circumstantial evidence establishing the appellants' presence at the crime scene at the relevant time based on credible eyewitness testimony, recovery of stolen items (TV, silver coin, cash) at their instance, and medical evidence of death by ligature strangulation, rejecting the appellants' denials as evasive and unsupported by any credible alternative explanation. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.