BABU S/O RAVEENDRAN vs BABU S/O BAHULEYAN — Crl.A. No. 270/1996

Case Summary: Babu s/o Raveendran v. Babu s/o Bahuleyan The Supreme Court reversed the High Court's acquittal and convicted the accused Babu of murdering his bride Sujatha three days after their marriage (Feb 2-3, 1993) by strangulation, sentencing him to life imprisonment instead of death. The Court found cumulative circumstantial evidence—including the couple being locked in a room together, the victim's body found in a well with strangulation marks, a lungi (cloth) used as murder weapon recovered from the scene, and the accused's incriminating statement to his father that the deceased had "died"—proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt, while rejecting the High Court's reliance on hymen tear evidence to conclude consensual intercourse occurred. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.