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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, R.POORNIMA
R. Chinna Alagu @ Nalliappan – Appellant
Versus
State through, the Inspector of Police, Natham Police Station – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
G.K. ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.
1. This appeal is directed as against the Judgment passed in S.C. No.304 of 2018, dated 06.04.2023, on the file of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Dindigul.
2. The case of the prosecution is that the deceased had an illegal intimacy with the wife of the accused. Therefore, there was dispute between the accused and his wife and hence, the wife of the accused left the matrimonial home and went to her parents' house. Therefore, the accused in order to do away with the life of the deceased, on 24.06.2016 at about 12.00 noon, dragged the deceased in his motorcycle bearing Registration No.TN-59-BB-5347 to Kuttoor Karanthamalai, Puthupatti, Natham Taluk to the western side of the Pillaimulungi Temple, and assaulted the deceased with sickle repeatedly and therefore, the deceased sustained grievous injuries and died.
3. Based on the complaint, FIR was registered by the Inspector of Police, Natham Police Station in Cr.No.295 of 2016 initially for an offence punishable under Section 174 (3) of Cr.P.C., and subsequently it was altered into Section 302 of IPC . After completion of investigation, a final report was filed and the same has been taken cog
Circumstantial evidence and extra-judicial confessions require strict scrutiny and corroboration for a conviction under murder charges, highlighting their inherent weaknesses.
The prosecution's reliance on circumstantial evidence and an extra-judicial confession was insufficient to establish murder, leading to a conviction for culpable homicide instead.
Prosecution must establish motive and a complete chain of circumstantial evidence in murder cases; mere witness testimonies without clear linkage or motive fail to support conviction.
In criminal cases relying on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must prove each circumstance beyond reasonable doubt, and the evidence must form a complete chain that excludes other hypotheses ....
Conviction based on circumstantial evidence requires irrefutable proof establishing guilt, with no room for reasonable doubt.
Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain pointing to guilt, and extrajudicial confessions require corroboration to be reliable.
Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain pointing to guilt, and extrajudicial confessions require corroboration to be credible.
Circumstantial evidence must be proven beyond reasonable doubt, with clear, cogent connections to establish guilt; the accused's release is warranted when gaps exist in prosecution evidence.
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