Supreme Court of India
Guna Mahto v. State of Jharkhand
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Penal Code, 1860 : ss. 302, 201 – Murder – Prosecution case that husband murdered his wife and dumped her dead body in well to cause disappearance of evidence and later lodged missing report with the police – Conviction u/ss. 302 and 201 by the courts below – On appeal, held: Non-examination of the Investigation Officer has, in the attending circumstances rendered the prosecution case to be doubtful if not false – Offence u/s. 201 could not have been proven without his examination – Courts below presumptively, proceeded with the acquired assumption of the guilt of the accused for the reason…
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