Supreme Court of India
State of U.P. v. Hari Mohan and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result the appeal is partly allowed by restoring the conviction passed by the trial court against respondent No.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Criminal law: Indian Penal Code, 1860-Sections. 302, 34 and 201-Murder Applicability of circumstantial evidence in conviction of accused when there is no direct evidence-Held, the circumstantial evidence should be consistent with the guilt of the accused and inconsistent with his innocence. Respondent No. I, the accused, was found convicted for murder of his younger brother's wife. Body of the deceased was found in a gunny bag floating in a pond.…
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