Moot Problem
Moot Problem
Moot Problem
Nalini, a 28 year old Software Engineer was working with one BPO Company Pune. She
used to travel to her workplace and back by her company transport or Public Transport of
by an Auto Rickshaw. On the evening of 07/10/2019 i.e. the day of the incident as she was
working till late she missed the company transport and therefore near Reliance Mall on
Nagar road she accepted the offer of lift by Sachin Mishra – Accused no. 1 in the cab driven
by himself and in which the other two accused viz. Vikram Jadhav Accused no. 2 (Security
Guard) and Aniket Salwi Accused no. 3 were already sitting and present in the cab. They
promised to take her to her house in Katraj whereupon she placed total trust on these
strangers. However, the brutes took advantage of the fact of her being the only woman in
the cab, they abducted her to satisfy their insatiable lust. She was stripped naked and kept
They picked up Nalini from Reliance Mall and subsequently drove her to Hadapsar by
Magarpatta and from there onwards to Manjari Phata and then to Abalwadi. There onwards
accused took her to Shankar Parvati Mangal Karyalaya on Nagar Road where they raped
her. In mean time T. Ramlinga (Approver) joined them and he too raped Nalini. Then they
drove to Dargah at Chandan Nagar where the four and further to Vadu Fata by Markal
Road where they raped her again. Thereafter they drove her to Zarevedi Fata where the
accused Sachin Mishra, Vikram Jadhav, aniket Salwi brutally killed her by first
strangulating her by dupatta and then by crushing her face and head with heavy stones to
camouflage her identity in order to destroy the evidence. However, Nalini’s parents
successfully followed up with the investigation team and upon registration of the crime on
08/10/0219 and with assistance of further investigation all accused person were arrested on
14/10/2019.
The Trial took place against all these accused in the Trial Court, Pune. Trio accused in this
case were held guilty for the Gang Rape and murder and all the three accused were
sentenced to death U/S 376 (A), 397, 302, 404, 120(B) of IPC for this horrific crime vide
imprisonment. All the three accused filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court against the
decision of the Trial Court Pune to set aside the conviction and sentence.
2. Whether the accused conspired to commit the said crimes and in pursuance of this
conspiracy they carried out the criminal acts as charged by the prosecution?
3. Whether the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt the common intention of
the accused by bringing on record that the said acts were committed by several persons