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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
D.DASH, S.K.PANIGRAHI
Arjun @ Anda Majhi @ Marndi – Appellant
Versus
State of Orissa – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. factual basis of the murder case. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. court's analysis of evidence and principles. (Para 7 , 10 , 13) |
| 3. arguments on circumstantial evidence. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 4. principles governing circumstantial evidence. (Para 11 , 14) |
| 5. conclusion and order to acquit. (Para 15) |
JUDGMENT :
1. The Appellant, by filing this Appeal, has called in question the judgment of conviction and the order of sentence 23rd March, 2021 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Rairangpur, in S.T. No.15 of 2018 arising out of G.R. Case No.464 of 2017 (T.C. No.109(A)/2018) corresponding to Rairangpur Rural P.S. Case No.69 of 2017 of the Court of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (S.D.J.M.), Rairangpur.
2. Prosecution Case:-
Around 5.15 p.m. on that day, Dukhini (P.W.16) informed Masang (P.W.13) over telephone that her father-in-law Pirthi (deceased) was lying in the cultivable land of one Bahadur Majhi with bleeding injury on his head and ear. Dukhini (P.W.16) then called the villagers, namely, Ranjan Majhi, Kasinath Mahali, who carried her father-in-law (deceased) to their house from that paddy field. Masang son of Pirthi (P.W.13) then arrived there and
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The sufficiency of circumstantial evidence to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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The court ruled that circumstantial evidence must be conclusive and establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt; the prosecution failed to meet this standard, resulting in reversal of conviction.
The judgment establishes the principle that the burden of proving guilt beyond reasonable doubt lies with the prosecution, and the use of circumstantial evidence must be complete and incapable of exp....
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Circumstantial evidence must establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt and exclude all hypotheses of innocence; insufficient evidence led to the acquittal of the accused.
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