IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
DEBANGSU BASAK, PRASENJIT BISWAS
Rasan @ RaisanHansda @ Raison Hansda – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Prasenjit Biswas, J.
1. This appeal has been preferred assailing the correctness of the impugned judgment and order of conviction passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track 2ndCourt, PaschimMedinipur dated 27.03.2019 and 29.03.2019 in connection with Sessions Trial No. 01.04.04.
2. By passing the impugned judgment and order of conviction the learned Trial Court found this appellant guilty for commission of offence punishable under Section 364/302/201 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to suffer imprisonment for life without remission and to pay fine of Rs. 10,000/- and in default of payment to fine to undergo simple imprisonment for two years for the offence punishable under Section 364 and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the said impugned judgment and order of conviction the present appeal has been preferred at the behest of the appellant.
4. The instant case was started on the basis of a complaint lodged by the de-facto complainant stating interalia, that on 31.12.2002 at about 10 A.M. his eldest son namely, Biswajit Soren who was aged about 13 years at that point of time and was a student of class-VII
In circumstantial evidence cases, all links in the chain must be proven conclusively to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
In criminal cases based on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must establish a complete chain of evidence to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
A conviction based on circumstantial evidence requires a complete chain of evidence that excludes all reasonable hypotheses of innocence.
Conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence requires a complete and coherent chain of events that excludes all reasonable hypotheses of innocence.
The sufficiency of circumstantial evidence to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
The court upheld the conviction based on established circumstantial evidence, affirming that all necessary conditions for such conviction were met.
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