Supreme Court of India
Baiju Kumar Soni & Anr. v. State of Jharkhand
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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 364A, 201 and 302/34 – Prosecution under – Reliance on circumstantial evidence – Conviction by courts below – Appeal to Supreme Court – Held: In a case based on circumstantial evidence, every circumstance must be fully proved and all the circumstances must form a chain of evidence so complete as to exclude every hypothesis other than the guilt of the accused – The circumstances relied on in the present case do not form a chain so complete as not to leave any reasonable doubt or exclude every possible hypothesis except the one to be proved – The circumstances are also not…
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- 1973 Shivaji Sahebrao Bobade & Anr v. State of Maharashtra
- 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra
- 1983 Earabhadrappa Alias Krishnappa v. State of Karnataka
- 2006 Trimukh Maroti Kirkan v. State of Maharashtra
- 2007 Deshraj v. Bodhraj
- 1995 Balwinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- 2015 Nizam & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan
- 2012 Sampath Kumar v. Inspector of Police, Krishnagiri
- 2012 Dr. Sunil Clifford Daniel v. State of Punjab
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