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PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
ANUPINDER SINGH GREWAL, LAPITA BANERJI
Komalpreet Kaur – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Anupinder Singh Grewal, J.
This appeal against acquittal is directed against the judgment of the Trial Court dated 21.05.2024, whereby the respondents have been acquitted in FIR No.102 dated 05.08.2019 under Sections 302, 201, 34 IPC, registered at Police Station Makhu.
SUBMISSIONS OF THE COUNSEL FOR THE APPELLANT
2. Learned counsel for the appellant has contended that the Trial Court has erred in acquitting respondents No.2 to 4 although there was clinching evidence warranting their conviction in the form of statement of the appellant/complainant, who was examined as PW-1 and is also the daughter of deceased-Sarwan Singh. She had categorically deposed with regard to the involvement of respondents No.2 to 4, who include her mother in the commission of the crime. Her statement was corroborated by PW-3 Harjinder Singh and PW-9 Gurdev Singh. Moreover, recovery of rope and motorcycle, which was used to throw the body of the deceased in the lake, had been effected from the accused in terms of their statements, which is strong evidence pointing towards their guilt. He also submitted that the chain of circumstances is complete and it points to the only conclusion i.e. towards the g
Appeals against acquittal warrant interference only if trial findings perverse or impossible; circumstantial case fails without complete chain excluding innocence, as here due to witness inconsistenc....
The prosecution must establish a complete and unbroken chain of circumstantial evidence to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt; failure to do so results in acquittal.
In cases of circumstantial evidence, a complete chain of proof is essential for conviction; mere suspicion is insufficient, and the presumption of innocence must be maintained.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the requirement for a complete and conclusive chain of evidence in cases of circumstantial evidence, the importance of proper appreciation of evide....
A conviction based on circumstantial evidence requires a complete chain of evidence that excludes all reasonable hypotheses of innocence.
The prosecution must establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and acquittals are reviewed under strict guidelines favoring the presumption of innocence.
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