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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
VIVEK SINGH THAKUR, ROMESH VERMA
State of Himachal Pradesh – Appellant
Versus
Deepak Kumar – Respondent
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| 1. prosecution alleges son murdered mother using darat. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 5) |
| 2. trial court acquittal; state files appeal. (Para 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. state claims perverse findings; defence upholds acquittal. (Para 9 , 10) |
| 4. limited appellate interference in acquittal orders. (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 5. witnesses do not link accused conclusively. (Para 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34) |
| 6. circumstantial evidence demands complete guilt chain. (Para 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43) |
| 7. prosecution circumstances unproved beyond doubt. (Para 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 65) |
| 8. chain snap gives accused benefit of doubt. (Para 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 72) |
| 9. appeal dismissed upholding acquittal. (Para 73 , 74 , 75 , 76) |
JUDGMENT :
Romesh Verma, J.
The present appeal arises out of judgment, as passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Kangra at Dharamshala, Circuit Court at Nurpur, in Sessions Case No. 5-N/VII/14/2013, dated 7.9.2016, whereby the accused- respondent has been acquitted of the charges under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indi
In circumstantial evidence appeals against acquittal, interference only if perverse; prosecution must prove complete chain excluding other hypotheses, with double presumption favouring accused.
The court upheld the conviction under IPC Section 302, emphasizing that circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain, proving guilt beyond reasonable doubt without the accused providing an adeq....
Direct eyewitness testimony sufficient for murder conviction under Section 302 IPC despite no motive; absence of motive not fatal if evidence reliable and conclusive.
The prosecution must establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence beyond reasonable doubt for a conviction under Section 302 IPC.
The sufficiency of circumstantial evidence to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
The absence of corroborative evidence from reliable witnesses and the failure of the prosecution to establish a motive led to the overturning of the conviction based on circumstantial evidence.
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