Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 376(2)(f), 342 -- Murder and rape - Death sentence - Circumstantial evidence - Eleven incriminating circumstances were proved on record against accused, which includes circumstance of last seen - Conduct of accused is gone into by Court when mother of deceased went to his house to enquire about her daughter and accused stated that he..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder of husband by wife - Circumstantial evidence - Deceased allegedly assaulted by accused with knife - However, post mortem report shows multiples injuries on the body of deceased not caused by one person and tells entirely different story - More so, accused being woman could not make such severe and repeated assault on deceased..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Accused and deceased left cinema hall together - PW2, gate keeper of Cinema knew both of them - Evidence of PW2 corroborates evidence of father and wife of deceased to the effect that deceased had gone to see a movie before occurrence of incident and that both were seen together..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Evidence of PW4, blacksmith - PW4 is well acquainted with accused and deceased - He identified spear which was seized by police as one which accused had got sharpened from him, which means that accused had made prior preparation with an intent to commit murder - Accused rightly convicted...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Evidence of father and wife of deceased who are natural witnesses of scene of offence is reliable - Post mortem report of deceased fully corroborated the ocular testimony of these PWs - Incident occurred just outside the house of deceased - One chappal of accused was recovered from the spot -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 364, 201 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Delay in recording statement of key witnesses, not explained - In the chain of circumstances viz., recovery of dead body, recovery of clothes and car of deceased at instance of A-3, and motive for commission of crime, not conclusively proved by prosecution - No evidence to prove that A-3..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27 -- Double murder case - Circumstantial evidence - Confession - A-1 confessed to police regarding murder of two deceased and also led to police party to place where dead bodies of deceased were dumped - Identity of dead bodies not disputed - Medical evidence supported the ocular evidence - Merely..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 201 -- Murder - Conviction - Circumstantial evidence - Fact that dead body of deceased was recovered at instance of confessional statement of appellant, is not by itself sufficient to establish the guilt of appellant - Specifically when appellant has denied u/s 313 Cr.P.C. of making of any confessional statement and recovery of dead..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 3 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Extra-judicial confession made by accused before PW1 corroborated by PW2 - Possibility of any other person causing death of victim by inflicting fatal injuries totally ruled out - Courts below rightly come to specific finding that every finger points only to accused -..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 -- Murder of father - Circumstantial evidence - Benefit of doubt - Death caused by cutting of throat - Case of prosecution that there was a fight over property not convincing - No attempt made by police to associate any member of public to the arrest of appellant - Recovery of knife at instance of appellant is unbelievable - Testimony..........
