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RITU BAHRI, ASHOK KUMAR VERMA
Nashim – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Ashok Kumar Verma, J. - This is an appeal preferred by the appellant against a judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 22.02.2017 for commission of an offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short 'the IPC'), sentencing the appellant to undergo life imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.15,000/- and in default of payment of fine, to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 02 years.
2. Brief facts relevant for disposal of the present appeal are that Rehman, father of the appellant, was working as Chowkidar in the house of Gulshan Kumar, complainant. The said house was under construction. Rehman and his wife-Kundan, parents of the appellant, used to sleep on the ground floor whereas the appellant alongwith his wife Shakila and son Arshad used to sleep on the second floor of the house. On 10.06.2014 some altercation had taken place between the appellant and his wife but Gulshan Kumar intervened and made them to understand. On 11.06.2014 at about 8:30 a.m. Gulshan Kumar came to the house under construction and made a call to Rehman but he did not receive any response. He went upstairs and found Shakila and Arshad lying in
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The significance of circumstantial evidence, the importance of establishing motive in dowry-related crimes, and the burden of proof on the accused to explain the circumstances leading to the crime.
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Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act places the burden on the accused to provide a plausible explanation for facts within their special knowledge, and the failure to do so can lead to adverse infer....
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....
(1) Section 106 of Evidence Act will apply to those cases where prosecution has succeeded in establishing facts from which a reasonable inference can be drawn.(2) When a case is resting on circumstan....
(1) Murder – Circumstances howsoever strong cannot take place of proof and guilt of accused have to be proved by prosecution beyond reasonable doubt.(2) Burden of Proof – Section 106 of Evidence Act ....
The prosecution must establish circumstantial evidence beyond reasonable doubt to support a conviction; mere suspicion is insufficient.
Point of Law : Any weakness in the defence case would not obviate the prosecution from establishing the charge based on circumstantial evidence.
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