SANJAY K. AGRAWAL, SANJAY KUMAR JAISWAL
Rooma Majumdar, Widow of Tapas @ Sukriyo Majumdar – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. consolidation of multiple appeals. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. factual background of the case. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 3. trial court conviction analysis. (Para 10) |
| 4. counterarguments by the accused. (Para 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 5. prosecution evidence evaluation. (Para 14) |
| 6. court's review of the evidence. (Para 15 , 16) |
| 7. ratio decimenti underlines strict application of circumstantial evidence principles. (Para 17) |
| 8. circumstantial evidence principles. (Para 18 , 19) |
| 9. motive and conduct consideration. (Para 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24) |
| 10. substance of evidence and conviction thresholds. (Para 26 , 27) |
| 11. expert evidence relevance. (Para 28 , 29 , 30) |
| 12. appellants' acquittal findings. (Para 31 , 32) |
| 13. final judgment and order. (Para 33 , 34 , 35) |
JUDGMENT :
Sanjay K. Agrawal, J
(1) Regard being had to the similitude of the questions of fact and law involved and being arising out of a common impugned judgment dated 10.01.2017, on the joint request of learned counsel for the parties, these three criminal appeals are clubbed together, heard together and are decided by this common judgment.
(2) In these three criminal appeals, four accused-appellants herein, namely, Rooma Majumdar (A-1), Dulal
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