Supreme Court of India

Eshwaraiah and Anr. v. State of Karnataka

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Bench K. Jayachandra Reddy and G.N. Ray JJ.
Decided 27 January 1994

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Indian Penal Code, 1860: Section 302/34--Death of a person in the + presence of two accused in a house bolted from inside-No plausible explana­ tion-Prosecution could not prove who actually smothered the deceased--Cir­ cumstantial evidence that death was homicidaHfeld both the accused liable to be convicted. ....... - Criminal Trial: Circumstantial evidence--Circumstances to be closely scrutinised-All circumstances must f onn an unbroken chain leading to the only inescapable conclusion of the guilt of the accused.

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