Supreme Court of India

Kansa Behera v. State of Orissa

Neutral citation
Decided 12 April 1987

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Indian ·Penal Code-Section 302-Conviction on circumstantial evidence-When valid-Circumstance of accused being with the deceased on the evening of occurrence-Whether sufficient to convict ,,1.. accused. Indian Evidence Act, 1872-Sections 3 and 14-Circumstantia/ evidence-Conviction based on-When valid-Circumstance of accu­ sed being with deceased on the evening of occurrence-Whether suffi­ cient when other accused from whom instrument of offence recovered is acquitted.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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